Discussing Patient Identity Data Governance
Improving patient identity accuracy can be a daunting task. There are many different groups that may have the ability to create medical record numbers or change patient identity information.
Safe Use of Health IT: Safety Assurance Factors for EHR Resilience Guides
Patient safety is an organizational responsibility. But concern over the astonishing rate of development and adoption of EHRs in recent years has also provided potential for risk and safety issues.
HHS Task Force Report Highlights ‘Urgent Challenge’ of Healthcare Cybersecurity
In the report, the task force noted that the healthcare sector experienced more cyber incidents that resulted in data breaches than any other critical infrastructure sector.
Researchers Discuss Three Problems, Solutions for Patient Matching
Implementing sound health IT practices can help reduce patient matching errors, but getting a good program off the ground requires buy-in from healthcare executives and stakeholders throughout an organization, according to presenters at an ECRI Institute and the Partnership for Health IT Patient Safety webinar on Thursday.
Variable Success Rates Demonstrated by Pediatric Drug Error Prevention Systems
The combination of CPOE and clinical decision support programs are meant to provide a robust safeguard against improper medication dosing in the pediatric population, but a new study suggests that the use of such systems within an EHR have varied results.
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