HIT Consultant

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Jussi Reijonen, Account Manager at Medixine While contemporary healthcare is slowly but surely embracing novel technologies, front-line nurses are still a much under-used resource in bridging the gap between innovation and patient well-being. Embracing the voice of nurses in tech development requires a shift in mindset.

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HIT Consultant

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

By sending patients home earlier, aren’t we just transferring the burden of their care onto them, their loved ones, and community-based nurses? And it is not fair to strictly rely on community-based nurses who may visit a recovering patient for a few minutes, possibly twice or three times a day. About Arik Ben Ishay.

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HIT Consultant

FEBRUARY 18, 2024

With a focus on patient outcomes, healthcare leaders who keep the key benefits of data integration in mind will more efficiently overcome the challenges of adopting the most valuable medical technologies for their organization.

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Patient Safety Movement

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

As someone who works in a clinic that serves marginalized and underserved communities, she describes the important role pharmacists can play on a healthcare team alongside doctors and nurses to ensure patients get the appropriate medications with minimal drug interactions. Adverse drug events accounted for 39.0%

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Patient Safety Movement

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

NEW FEDERAL EFFORTS TO IMPROVE NURSING HOME SAFETY The White House has just announced a plan to improve the safety and quality of care in the nation’s nursing homes, aimed to protect seniors from an industry known for its lack of accountability.

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Patient Safety Movement

DECEMBER 1, 2023

Andrews Kwabena Nyantakyi, a US Navy veteran and registered nurse, founded Elijeko Foundation, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, in 2016. While I was getting prepped for my procedure, I spoke with the nurse about delegation of tasks, accountability, and ultimately where quality and safety stood in the line of priority for the facility.

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Patient Safety Movement

APRIL 1, 2023

Five conditions account for 39% of serious misdiagnosis-related harms: stroke, myocardial infarction, aortic aneurysm/dissection, spinal cord compression/injury, and venous thromboembolism. The authors estimate that with 130 million ED visits a year in the US, 7.4 million patients are misdiagnosed, 2.6

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