Imagine a world where health information management teams know in advance the documentation a payer needs to authorize an admission or conduct a medical necessity review, their IT systems populate…
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Privacy’s New Normal
Healthcare professionals have applied their expertise not just to the physiological threats of COVID-19, but to the pre-existing vulnerabilities in our health system that have been magnified by the pandemic,…
A Realistic Approach to Achieving a 1% Duplicate Record Error Rate
Patient identification and matching (PIM) is vital to delivery of safe and efficient care, and misidentification errors have been a recurring challenge in healthcare, resulting in administrative inefficiencies, serious injuries,…
Beyond COVID: Building a Culture of Patient Safety Starts Now
As I write this column, the world is still struggling through the COVID-19 pandemic. COVID-19 has altered our perception of normalcy and stretched the limits of our ability to adapt.…