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Hospitals make major gains on handwashing compliance, accountability, Leapfrog finds

Fierce Healthcare

Handwashing adherence is on the up-and-up as more hospitals are holding their leadership accountable for hand hygiene, patient safety watchdog The Leapfrog Group reports. |

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National Action Plan to Advance Patient Safety (IHI) 

Briggs Healthcare

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare. In May 2022, the National Steering Committee for Patient Safety (NSC) issued the Declaration to Advance Patient Safety to urge health care leaders across the continuum of care to recommit to advancing patient and workforce safety.

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SEO vs. SEM for Healthcare: The Difference Explained

Healthcare Success

Whether you run a multilocation healthcare organization, hospital, or health system, understanding the distinction between search engine optimization (SEO) vs. search engine marketing (SEM)—and how each distinctly helps your business—is important for several reasons. Let’s begin by defining healthcare SEO and healthcare SEM.

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Generative AI to bring 'transformative change,' says Froedtert/Inception Health CTO

Healthcare It News

Somai knows AI, and strongly believes it is an integral part of the healthcare ecosystem and poised to bring about powerful, transformative change to the industry. Healthcare IT News spoke with Somai to discuss AI in healthcare overall and AI at Inception Health and Froedtert & Medical College of Wisconsin Health Network.

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The Value of an Enterprise Active Data Archive Begins with Patient Safety

HIT Consultant

Patient safety is only possible with accurate and comprehensive medical records, and this includes those records available in the active archive. It is very unusual to find paper records still being utilized today in the healthcare space. Kel Pults, DHA, MSN, RN-BC, Chief Clinical Officer at MediQuant. Enter the Active Archive.

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Accountability in Healthcare When Adverse Events Occur

Patient Safety Blog

Adverse events are an inevitable part of healthcare. Even when healthcare organizations pay strict attention to detail and plan for all likely outcomes, there will always be a percentage of adverse events that are simply unavoidable.

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Deep dive: Exploring one of the most advanced telemedicine programs in the U.S.

Healthcare It News

We also discussed why healthcare still talks about telemedicine as though it were special, rather than a standard of care. A mature or advanced telemedicine program is characterized by a pervasive network of modern, audio-visual technology, which delivers healthcare remotely.