HIT Consultant

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

By administering ultrasound technology at the point of care, whether that be the patient’s bedside or an ambulance, POCUS prevents patients from being sent to another facility for imaging or waiting for a radiologist. Across hospital settings, IT infrastructure has not kept pace with ultrasound innovation.

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Briggs Healthcare

JULY 27, 2022

Instead, many hospitals often skip teeth brushing to prioritize other tasks and provide only cheap, ineffective toothbrushes, often unaware of the consequences, said Dian Baker, a Sacramento State nursing professor who has spent more than a decade studying NVHAP. Pneumonia occurs when germs trigger an infection in the lungs.

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HIT Consultant

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

Administrative processes account for about 30% of U.S. The number of AI-powered process automation systems continues to expand, promising to shorten payment times and simplify management while integrating with existing hospital IT investments. With so many options, revenue managers might wonder where to start.

Regulations 98

Regulations Integration Accountability Healthcare 98

KHN

APRIL 29, 2022

Hospitals are not required to report most drug mix-ups, so the seven incidents are undoubtedly a small sampling of a much larger total. Safety advocates say errors like these could be prevented by requiring nurses to type in at least five letters of a drug’s name when searching hospital cabinets.

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Hospitals Nursing Accountability Patient Safety 119

HIT Consultant

NOVEMBER 6, 2022

Research by Sophos highlighted that hospitals are more likely to be targeted by ransomware attacks, less likely to be able to prevent such attacks, and less likely to backup their data. So it is not just the cost of a potential ransomware payment itself that needs to be taken into account. .

Hospitals 52

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KHN

APRIL 29, 2022

Hospitals are not required to report most drug mix-ups, so the seven incidents are undoubtedly a small sampling of a much larger total. Safety advocates say errors like these could be prevented by requiring nurses to type in at least five letters of a drug’s name when searching hospital cabinets.

Hospitals 52

Hospitals Nursing Accountability Patient Safety 52

Vie Healthcare

JANUARY 19, 2023

.” And I think that bringing these initiatives all together so you get a complete picture with complete visibility, cohesiveness, understanding what’s going on, and of course that terrible A-word which is accountability, bringing it all together, we’ll have just another level of savings because you just have a complete view.

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