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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HIT Consultant

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

– Virtual Sitter aims to enhance patient safety, address workforce challenges, and improve care delivery for hospitals and health systems. This technology offers a valuable tool for hospitals and health systems to enhance patient safety, optimize workforce efficiency, and improve the overall quality of care.

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Fierce Healthcare

MAY 1, 2024

The latest batch of Hospital Safety Grades from independent watchdog The Leapfrog Group suggest that patients’ care experiences, which deteriorated during and since the pandemic, may finally be tur | New data from the watchdog reflecting CMS-reported patient safety measures show that hospitals are, on average, working their way back from patient experience (..)

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Home Health Care

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

Research has indicated that patients needing care prefer to receive it in their homes rather than in a hospital setting. Health care models like Hospital at Home (HaH) facilitate this preference, but how do providers ensure that patients’ homes are safe for delivering these services?

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Healthcare It News

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Princ Hospital Suvarnabhumi from Thailand has been validated for Stage 7 of the HIMSS Electronic Medical Record Adoption Model. The EMRAM measures the clinical outcomes, patient engagement, and clinician use of EMR technology in a hospital or health facility.

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Healthcare It News

MAY 21, 2024

National University Hospital testing Alzheimer's predictive AI from Korea Singapore's National University Hospital is collaborating with medical AI company Heuron from South Korea to test the latter's AI solutions for screening and predicting Alzheimer's disease.

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Health Populi

MARCH 10, 2025

Each year, ECRI (the ECRI Institute) publishes an annual report on the Top 10 Patient Safety Concerns for the year. Here is ECRI’s list of patient safety concerns a decade ago in 2015. Compare these with the top 10 safety concerns for 2025. The 2025 list was published today.

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Fierce Healthcare

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

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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Healthcare It News

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

Chang Gung Memorial Hospital in Taoyuan City, Taiwan has become the second-highest-ranking organisation in the latest HIMSS Digital Health Indicator. HIMSS noted the hospital's regular tracking and reporting of KPIs, with each department having its own departmental-level indicator.

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HIT Consultant

MARCH 31, 2025

Flights were grounded, banking systems went down, and hospitals and healthcare clinics were forced to delay or even cancel services. But the stakes are even higher in healthcare, where digital platforms have become the backbone of patient care. Its measured in patient safety, eroded trust, and even lost lives.

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HIT Consultant

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

They are advancing care excellence by combining real-time patient information and clinical support to assist our clinicians in delivering high-quality care, while ensuring patient safety remains a top priority. A Cleft Palate App that tracks a baby’s weight and feeding patterns and sends data to the clinical team daily.

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HIT Consultant

MARCH 11, 2025

. – The strategic move strengthens RLDatix’s capabilities in ensuring seamless and uninterrupted access to electronic health record (EHR) data for healthcare providers, ultimately enhancing patient safety. This enables staff to deliver high-quality, informed, and safe care in all circumstances. ”

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Healthcare It News

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

Valley Health System is constructing a new hospital in Paramus, New Jersey – presenting an opportunity to transform healthcare delivery for the surrounding communities.

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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. But, patients want healthcare's use of AI to be clear.

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Healthcare It News

JULY 28, 2023

Thammasat University Hospital is embarking on a digital transformation of its elderly care service. The hospital signed a memorandum of understanding with NEC Thailand for the development of a digital platform to digitise all records and treatment plans at Thammasat Thammarak Center.

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Patient Safety Blog

MAY 17, 2021

Look at any hospital or healthcare organization’s mission statement, and you’ll see that it addresses patient safety in some way—often listing safety as the number-one priority. However, patient safety isn’t just about avoiding errors and incidents to keep patients and staff safe from harm.

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Health Care Dive

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Incidents of falls and trauma and of objects unintentionally left in a body after surgery decreased by about 25% since 2012, according to the group that assigns letter grades to hospitals.

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Bill Of Health

DECEMBER 24, 2021

In patient safety terms in the NHS England, there have been positives and negatives over the past year to reflect on, and for 2022 there are interesting developments on the horizon. In this post I will discuss a small number of patient safety matters of major impact. This is one of the patient safety negatives of 2021.

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Bill Of Health

APRIL 22, 2022

In terms of health care practice and patient safety, these underpinning basic, foundational concepts include the need for proper patient communication strategies. The consequences of failures in patient communication can be devastating. By John Tingle and Amanda Cattini. A litigation link? A global service industry.

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Bill Of Health

OCTOBER 1, 2021

In terms of health law and patient safety research, the decolonization of national and global patient safety systems and structures seems an interesting perspective to further peruse. The patient safety context. It pervades vast areas of academic and professional life and discourse. Problems of definition.

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The Rand Blog

OCTOBER 26, 2022

There is clear and consistent evidence that minoritized patients are at high risk for safety issues. health care system tracks patient safety too often makes their experiences invisible. Better reporting would allow hospitals and other providers to identify disparities in care, and to address them.

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Healthcare It News

APRIL 30, 2024

"Nurses are all for tech that enhances our skills and the patient care experience, but what we are witnessing in our hospitals is the degradation and devaluation of our nursing practice through the use of these untested technologies," she said.

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HIT Consultant

DECEMBER 3, 2024

In the wake of these ongoing attacks, most healthcare providers and hospital systems have focused their security efforts on protecting electronic health records (EHRs), patient portals, and payment infrastructures. Yet, a critical threat is hiding mostly out of sight—the cybersecurity risk of implanted medical devices.

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Healthcare It News

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

The Kyra Flow e-Journey boards provide real-time patient journey updates from admission to discharge. It integrates crucial patient information from various hospital systems, including patient admission, pathology, radiology, electronic medical records, and diet systems.

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Fierce Healthcare

JUNE 7, 2023

Measurable differences in patient safety across race, ethnicities and insurance coverage persist even among hospitals rated at the top of their class, according to a new analysis of Leapfrog Hospit | New findings from a Leapfrog Group and Urban Institute analysis suggest that patient safety disparities are not driven by individual hospitals, but are (..)

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Healthcare It News

APRIL 25, 2024

The Joint Commission this week announced its new Telehealth Accreditation Program for eligible hospitals, ambulatory and behavioral healthcare organizations. Perlin, president and chief executive officer of The Joint Commission in a statement.

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HIT Consultant

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

By detailing these specifications, preference cards help streamline surgical planning, foster improved communication among the operating room (OR) staff, and ultimately enhance patient safety. In an environment where precision, efficiency, and safety are paramount, these limitations can have significant implications.

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Healthcare It News

OCTOBER 21, 2021

In July last year, Alcidion signed an initial 12-month contract with the LHD to deploy its Miya Precision system to support the virtual care delivery of Sydney's RPA Virtual Hospital (rpavirtual) for COVID-19 patients in home isolation. WHY IT MATTERS. ON THE RECORD.

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Readiness Rounds

JANUARY 27, 2025

Creating a Culture of Quality: Strategies for Hospital Leaders Quality improvement in hospitals is more than a goalits a commitment that requires an organization-wide cultural shift. For hospitals, its the foundation of patient safety, trust, and reputation. Clear Communication 2. Data Transparency 3.

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HIT Consultant

DECEMBER 18, 2024

Direct Impact on Patient Care and Recovery The consequences of cybersecurity incidents in healthcare go beyond the loss of data. When critical digital systems are compromised, the effects can be immediate and severe, with patient safety at risk. Cybersecurity in healthcare is not just an IT issueit is a matter of patient safety.

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Healthcare It News

JANUARY 31, 2024

1 Despite advances over the past decade and the technology’s power to enhance patient safety and enable greater efficiencies, Andrew Meyer, Director of Global Standards at GS1 US, said many healthcare organizations remain “gun shy” about RFID. “There’s so much you can do.

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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.

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Healthcare It News

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

In September, Gold Coast Health in Queensland has set up Rauland's Concierge bedside terminal system in the COVID-19 ward of Gold Coast University Hospital to reduce nurse contact amid rising coronavirus infections and to enable remote consultations. Enterprise Taxonomy: Coordinated care Patient safety Quality Care.

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HIT Consultant

OCTOBER 10, 2023

By detailing these specifications, preference cards help streamline surgical planning, foster improved communication among the operating room (OR) staff, and ultimately enhance patient safety. In an environment where precision, efficiency, and safety are paramount, these limitations can have significant implications.

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Healthcare It News

DECEMBER 16, 2022

A "perfect storm" of financial stress for hospitals and health systems. Cybersecurity and the patient safety risks of ransomware. Labor shortages and supply chain challenges. Silicon Valley and the state of VC funding for digital health startups.

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Healthcare It News

APRIL 19, 2024

The shift toward value-based reimbursement demands that hospitals and health systems take a more thoughtful approach to population health management. That requires the development of robust analytics strategies to track care quality and help patients manage their chronic conditions.

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Patient Safety

JUNE 17, 2021

We conducted a study to explore the relationship between the various types of events that occur in an isolation environment and the associated factors, which may have implications for the likelihood of the event and severity of patient harm.

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