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ECRI's top 10 tech hazards for 2018, security gaps, dirty scopes make the list
The ECRI Institute has unveiled its Top 10 Health Technology Hazards for 2018, which highlights what the Institute feels are the greatest potential sources of danger involving medical devices and other...
View ArticleEHR vendors, AHIMA push use of clinical decision support to prevent patient...
Electronic health records software can play a more prominent role in helping to prevent patient falls, AHIMA said in new research. EHR vendors such as Epic, Cerner and Meditech, in fact, have been...
View ArticleAHIMA: Here's how hospitals should document opioid abuse in the EHR
As the U.S. takes aim at the opioid crisis, the American Health Information Management Association has put together a tip sheet to help clinicians better document how their patients are using these...
View ArticleCarroll Hospital lifts patient satisfaction scores by integrating nurse...
Carroll Hospital has lifted its Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems “Overall Rating of the Hospital” score from 61.0 up to 76.5 in just four months.Other hospitals looking...
View ArticleAMA President: We're fighting hard to prevent info blocking, physician burnout
The American Medical Association is fighting to prevent information blocking or to stop vendors from making it expensive for physicians to share data, AMA President David Barbe, MD, said over the...
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Protecting Medical IoT Devices – Lessons Learned from WannaCry and NotPetya
Sponsor: ZingBoxPrimary topic: Quality and SafetyTopic: Electronic Health Records (EHR, EMR)Privacy & SecurityQuality and SafetyResource Central: Upcoming WebinarsExternal url:...
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Helping Healthcare Organizations Discover, Control, and Secure Connected Devices
Sponsor: MerlinPrimary topic: Privacy & SecurityTopic: Privacy & SecurityQuality and SafetyResource Central: Upcoming WebinarsExternal url:...
View ArticleThese hospitals earned an 'A' for patient safety in Leapfrog's Fall 2017 ratings
The Leapfrog Group last week released its Fall 2017 Hospital Safety Grade ratings, awarding 832 hospitals an "A" rating for excellence in clinical and operational metrics tied to patient safety.Of that...
View ArticleSee which hospitals got an 'F' from Leapfrog in fall 2017, risking patient...
The following 15 hospitals earned an 'F' from the Leapfrog Group in its Fall 2017 Hospital Safety grades, essentially branding them as among the most unsafe facilities in the country to receive care.In...
View ArticleLeapfrog sued for inaccurate patient safety grade by Chicago hospital
Chicago-based Saint Anthony Hospital has sued the Leapfrog Group, alleging the organization used the wrong information when it lowered the hospital's patient safety grade in a report released last...
View Article12 provider groups call on CMS to add unique device identifiers to Medicare...
Twelve provider groups -- including Intermountain Healthcare, Geisinger and the American Medical Group Association -- are calling on Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Administrator Seema Verma...
View ArticleAMA calls for clarity on how precision medicine is reimbursed
The American Medical Association wants an update to how insurance covers genomic tests and other precision medicine treatments. At AMA's interim meeting this week, members approved recommendations how...
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The Impact of Connectivity on Rural Hospitals & the Promise it Holds
Sponsor: SpectrumPrimary topic: Precision MedicineTopic: AnalyticsCareer PlanningElectronic Health Records (EHR, EMR)Financial/Revenue Cycle ManagementInnovation PulseInteroperabilityPatient...
View ArticleeClinicalWorks sued for nearly $1 billion for inaccurate medical records
EHR vendor eClinicalWorks has been hit with a class-action lawsuit that alleges patients couldn’t trust their medical record’s accuracy due to flaws in the company’s software.The suit comes just six...
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Healthcare 2022: How Mobile Technology Will Elevate Future Patient Care
Author: ZebraSponsor: ZebraPrimary topic: MobileTopic: Connected HealthImagingMobilePrecision MedicinePrivacy & SecurityQuality and SafetyTelehealthResource Central: Upcoming WebinarsExternal url:...
View ArticleWorkflow hurdles, reporting challenges are slowing cardiac IT consolidation
Hospitals and health systems want to consolidate their various cardiology IT solutions, according to a new report from KLAS, but challenges related to clinician workflow and the ability to consolidate...
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Healthcare Data Security and Why Technology Automation is a Critical Element
Sponsor: RedHatPrimary topic: Privacy & SecurityTopic: InteroperabilityPrivacy & SecurityQuality and SafetyResource Central: Upcoming WebinarsExternal url:...
View ArticleGE Healthcare's new mammogram tech aims to give patients control
GE Healthcare unveiled new mammogram technology called Senographe Pristina Dueta this week at RSNA2017 underway at McCormick Place in Chicago.RSNA is always chockablock with all manner of image...
View ArticleFeds say VA failed to report 90% of poor-performing providers
The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs failed to report 90 percent of poor-performing providers to state and national databases, which are designed to prevent those doctors from practicing in other...
View ArticleCerner go-live in Dublin helps historic hospital say goodbye to paper records
Dublin's Rotunda Hospital, founded in 1745, is the world's oldest continuously operating maternity hospital. It was the site of the first C-section in Ireland, performed in 1889. And until this past...
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