By Mary Butler Patient safety experts at the ECRI Institute were concerned enough about patient matching in electronic health records (EHRs) to put it on their annual “Top 10 Patient…
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Who Are You? The Quest for a Unique Patient Identifier
Patient identification and matching errors carry consequences that range anywhere from frustration due to relatively minor mistakes to outcomes that can only be described as devastating.
Lack of Post-Discharge Communication Puts Patients at Risk
Home caregivers in Colorado say clinical information needed to treat the patient is frequently lacking when patients are discharged from hospitals to home healthcare, according to a recent survey.
Senator Warns VA About Risks of Outdated EHRs
A senator’s letter to newly confirmed VA Assistant Secretary of Information and Technology and Chief Information Officer James Gfrerer expresses concerns regarding the agency’s health IT modernization efforts.