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At Providence, RPM is improving patient health and reducing provider workload

Healthcare It News

Providence, a 52-hospital health system based in Renton, Washington, views digital innovation as an important vehicle to overcoming industrywide challenges and transforming care delivery for the betterment of the communities it serves.

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Advancing Health Equity by Addressing The Health Data Desert

HIT Consultant

Health equity allows people to lead active and productive lives, reduces the healthcare burden on the government, and contributes to economic growth. By one estimate, healthcare improvements accounted for one-third of the economic growth of developed nations over the last century. The costs are astronomical. And only 25% of U.S.

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National Patient Safety Awareness Week: March 13 – 19, 2022

Briggs Healthcare

During this week, IHI (Institute of Healthcare Improvement) seeks to advance important discussions locally and globally, and inspire action to improve the safety of the health care system — for patients and the workforce. Preventing harm in health care settings is a public health concern. million deaths.

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Newsletter, July 2023

Patient Safety Movement

Don Berwick—one of the original giants in patient safety and a founding member of the Institute for Healthcare Improvement—gave an inspiring keynote address. First, he recognized the superb healthcare force we have in the US, how dedicated they are, and how frustrated they are by the avoidable harm to patients that is occurring.

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Sentinel Events & Patient Safety: The Disturbing Data, Part I

Readiness Rounds

After looking at and digesting the data, one thing is very clear: hospitals, by and large, have not embraced a culture of safety or come to the realization that any occurrence of patient harm is absolutely unacceptable. Where are the consumer watchdogs for healthcare? If not, here’s the link: [link].

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Newsletter, March 2024

Patient Safety Movement

Early detection coupled with a healthy diet and exercise could prevent over 90% of deaths caused by this type of cancer. Todd Young (R-IN) Donald Berwick, Institute for Healthcare Improvement The event also included the voices of frontline health workers, health profession students, and pioneers of early progress.

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The cornerstone of continuous, integrated, and value-based healthcare

Cloud Blogs

Ultimately, CMS and the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) aim to improve information access in hopes of facilitating more holistic healthcare, improved quality of care, and better support for broader federal and regional public health initiatives such as disease surveillance and health equity.