HIT Consultant

NOVEMBER 17, 2024

With the proliferation of less accurate temperature monitoring options during the pandemic, it’s vital now more than ever that hospitals and medical facilities are leveraging accurate, trustworthy tools and technologies that promote patient safety.

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Healthcare It News

OCTOBER 18, 2024

Sunway partners with Medtronic to test surgical robotics Sunway Healthcare Group in Malaysia recently announced its partnership with Medtronic.

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Fierce Healthcare

APRIL 5, 2023

Communication failures, policy noncompliance fuel jump in reported patient safety events, Joint Commission finds dmuoio Wed, 04/05/2023 - 16:35

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HIT Consultant

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

– Virtual Sitter aims to enhance patient safety, address workforce challenges, and improve care delivery for hospitals and health systems. Teladoc Health’s Virtual Sitter solution helps mitigate this risk by providing remote monitoring of patients who are at high risk of falling.

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HIT Consultant

MARCH 10, 2025

What You Should Know: – ECRI , a global healthcare safety nonprofit, has identified dismissing patient, family, and caregiver concerns as the most significant threat to patient safety in 2025. Decreased trust: Patients feel unheard and invalidated, eroding trust in the healthcare system.

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Fierce Healthcare

JUNE 3, 2024

The nation’s largest nurses union is demanding that artificial intelligence tools used in healthcare be proven safe and equitable before deployment. | A union organization for nurses nationwide says the deployment of AI in healthcare will push nurses out of patient rooms and compromise patient safety.

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Fierce Healthcare

MARCH 13, 2023

ECRI: The growing pediatric mental health crisis is 2023's biggest patient safety challenge pminemyer Mon, 03/13/2023 - 16:55

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HIT Consultant

MARCH 11, 2025

What You Should Know: – RLDatix (RLD) , a global leader in safety, workforce, and data solutions for healthcare systems, has announced the acquisition of IPeople Healthcare , a provider of business continuity and data accessibility solutions.

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HIT Consultant

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

What You Should Know: – Ransomware attacks are a growing threat across all industries, but the healthcare sector is facing a particularly alarming surge in these incidents, according to new data from SafetyDevices. By 2024, it climbed to third place.

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Fierce Healthcare

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Leapfrog Group: Hospitals have made 'significant' patient safety gains over the past decade. Wed, 11/16/2022 - 15:46.

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Fierce Healthcare

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Podnosis': The financial trends revealed in Q4 earnings, and refocusing on patient safety in a post-COVID era tcarey Tue, 02/28/2023 - 14:54

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Healthcare It News

NOVEMBER 10, 2024

The solution has also been rolled out across Sonic Healthcare and Healius. Enterprise Taxonomy: AI Healthy aging Rural and underserved communities Quality Care Clinical decision support Patient safety Physician Engagement Analytics Digital Health User experience Health and Wellness Patient Access Care Data and Information Technology

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Health Care Dive

MARCH 13, 2023

Physical and verbal violence against healthcare staff is the second top safety concern for the year, followed by clinician needs in times of uncertainty around maternal-fetal medicine.

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Healthcare It News

JANUARY 31, 2024

Early forays into the use of radio frequency identification (RFID) tagging in the healthcare industry were plagued with issues. “The two biggest misconceptions I’ve heard when it comes to using embedded RFID technology in healthcare is that it’s too slow and too expensive,” said Isabell.

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Meditech

MARCH 14, 2024

Patient safety has always been at the forefront of MEDITECH's mission. During this year’s Patient Safety Awareness Week (March 10-16), we are celebrating the 10-year anniversary of MEDITECH's internal Patient Safety/Priority Event (PS/PE) Management group.

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CDC

OCTOBER 7, 2021

Preventable harm in the healthcare system is an urgent public health challenge, internationally and in the United States. Globally, more people die now from medical errors or other breakdowns in the quality and safety of healthcare services than from lack of access to them. (1) 2)(3) That’s where we come in.

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Healthcare It News

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

” After starting his career as a technology consultant in the finance industry, Sherlock first transitioned to healthcare on a project implementing a clinical information system across eight metropolitan hospitals and 14 renal facilities in the state of South Australia. ” A focus on empathy. ” he asks.

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Pro CRNA

MAY 16, 2021

In comparison, Yale University used revised criteria to define death due to preventable medical error and found that 22,000 patients were lost in 2020 due to needless mistakes. For decades, traffic engineers have struggled with developing “crash proof” intersections as a way to improve safety. Safety circles in healthcare.

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Healthcare It News

MARCH 28, 2023

The companies selected for the newest AWS Healthcare Accelerator will focus on three critical needs in the healthcare space: retention, deployment and training, says Dr. Rowland Illing, chief medical officer and director of International Public Sector Health & the Global Healthcare Venture Capital and Startups team at AWS.

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HIT Consultant

JANUARY 21, 2025

While some embraceAIas a solution to numerous problems, others remain concerned about its risks, particularly in high-stakes areas like patient care. The coming year will see increased interest in healthcare organizations developing long-term AI strategies, optimizing workflows, managing risks, and ensuring responsible use of technology.

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HIT Consultant

FEBRUARY 16, 2025

Richard Schwabacher, SVP of Healthcare Product at Inmar Intelligence Imagine refilling a prescription, getting real-time health advice, and managing chronic conditions all with the help of AI. The future of healthcare is here, and its powered by artificial intelligence. Of course, AI adoption in healthcare also brings challenges.

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Healthcare It News

JANUARY 31, 2024

The Deloitte 2024 Healthcare Generative AI Outlook study released this week takes a closer look at potential blind spots leaders may have as they implement generative artificial intelligence. "Consumer trust hangs in the balance," Deloitte authors pointed out in a separate analysis on the emergence of generative AI in healthcare.

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Healthcare It News

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

Emory Healthcare is using three medication management services offered within Fuzion by DrFirst, a platform that provides clinicians with medication history, to streamline workflows for its clinicians and improve medication adherence for its patients. " Andrea Fox is senior editor of Healthcare IT News.

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Healthcare It News

AUGUST 1, 2024

From enhancing efficiency to helping organizations strengthen essential face-to-face human interactions, artificial intelligence holds significant promise for healthcare. AI technology's ability to enhance access to care, expedite healthcare delivery and address disparities in underserved communities were key areas of focus.

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HIT Consultant

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

Mike Donahue, Chief Delivery Officer, CloudWave The healthcare industry reported more ransomware attacks than any other critical infrastructure sector in 2023. With the escalation of attacks in scale and intensity, it is clear that conventional healthcare cybersecurity methods have proven inadequate. Healthcare is no exception.

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HIT Consultant

DECEMBER 4, 2024

What You Should Know: – ECRI , a non-profit organization focused on healthcare safety, has released its annual Top 10 Health Technology Hazards report for 2025. ECRI experts caution that AI systems can produce false or misleading results, perpetuate biases, and even lead to patient harm if not properly validated and monitored.

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Healthcare It News

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

To mark World Patient Safety Day on September 17, the patient-led Light Collective plans to lead discussions in Washington, D.C., designed to help ensure that patient concerns about health data aggregation are given the stage. " THE LARGER TREND For patients, trust and safety go hand in hand with clarity.

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HIT Consultant

OCTOBER 10, 2024

In a time when healthcare is always changing, the pharmaceutical sector is under more pressure to ensure patient safety while maintaining compliance with stringent regulatory standards. The Role of Real-Time Monitoring in Patient Safety To ensure their safety, medical products must be closely watched throughout their lifecycle.

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Healthcare It News

MAY 3, 2023

Three of the most stubborn and dangerous healthcare-associated infections are on the rise in acute care settings across the country, according to the Leapfrog Group, which published its spring 2023 Hospital Safety Grades on Wednesday. "Infections like these can be life or death for some patients. Enterprise Taxonomy:

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Beterra

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

Advancing Quality and Safety in Rural Healthcare: A Leader’s Journey In the evolving healthcare landscape, leaders like Dr. Jessica Gilmore are not just keeping pace with changethey are driving it. As a force for patient-centered care at Hannibal Regional Health System (HRHS).

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HIT Consultant

DECEMBER 18, 2024

Anand Naik- CEO & Co-Founder at Sequretek The healthcare industry has long been built on the promise of providing uninterrupted care across a vast and interconnected ecosystem. In 2023, more than 133 million healthcare records were exposed or stolen due to data breaches. million records. million in 2024.

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Fierce Healthcare

MARCH 10, 2025

An annual list of the 10 biggest threats to patient safety highlights the risk of doctors ignoring or dismissing patient concerns, either due to clinicians' unrecognized bias or time constraints. Other top concerns cited by the healthcare safety group included insufficient AI governance and medical misinformation.

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Healthcare It News

DECEMBER 7, 2021

Department of Veterans Affairs went live with the first component of its Cerner-developed electronic health record at the VA Central Ohio Healthcare System in Columbus. Throughout it all, Healthcare IT News has continued to cover the department's efforts. note: This story has been updated to include a statement from Cerner.].

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HIT Consultant

DECEMBER 3, 2024

Andrew Spier, Vice President of Advanced Cyber Solutions and Commercial Services at Core4ce Recent and high-profile cyber, ransomware and supply chain attacks on Kaiser Permanente, Ascension, and Change Healthcare have shown how the healthcare industry remains the number one target , and that no organization is immune.

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Fierce Healthcare

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

Hospital patients’ risk of death has fallen substantially since the COVID-19 pandemic and the months preceding it, even as hospitals are treating more and sicker patients, according to a new report | An analysis of 715 hospitals' patient safety metrics showed that patients hospitalized in Q1 2024 were about 22% more likely to survive as compared (..)

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HIT Consultant

MARCH 13, 2023

What You Should Know: – The pediatric mental health crisis is named the number one patient safety concern, according to ECRI’s 2023 list of most pressing patient safety concerns. Here are the top 10 patient safety concerns for 2023: 1.

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Meditech

DECEMBER 8, 2022

As an independent, non-profit organization, The ECRI Institute informs healthcare leaders by providing them evidence-based guidance and solutions to help deliver safe, effective, and efficient care. In March 2022, the ECRI Institute promoted their 2022 Top 10 Patient Safety Concerns.

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