Susan E. Mazer, Ph.D

MARCH 17, 2017

I have always wondered why patient safety is talked about by itself. As if all other procedures, policies, and practices are not about safety. And why should patient safety be separate from the patient experience? For staff, patient safety is a lot like playing in tune for a musician.

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HIT Consultant

AUGUST 19, 2022

Lora Hefton, Executive Vice President, Harris Data Integrity Solutions. Maintaining patient data integrity is more complicated than ever; cybersecurity threats loom, patients are taking more ownership of their care (self-registration, for example) and health system merger activity is on the rise. About Lora Hefton.

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HIT Consultant

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Hospitals and health systems have long understood the need to reduce preventable hypoglycemia, yet despite a renewed sense of urgency, many of them lack comprehensive glycemic management measures that can drive success.

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Health Populi

APRIL 3, 2024

The phrase “patient safety” summons up a list of common sources such as medication errors, surgical errors, health care-associated infections, diagnostic errors, among other adverse events and harms people experience in the course of receiving health care. “Safety is the foundation of healthcare.

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Patient Safety Movement

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

In honor of World Health Organization World Patient Safety Day 2023, the Patient Safety Movement Foundation hosted a webinar dedicated to the theme of “Empowering Patients.” Patient engagement is one of the most critical yet often neglected strategies for improving safety in our healthcare systems.

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Patient Safety Movement

DECEMBER 1, 2022

And it’s largely preventable—if not the disease itself (in the case of Type 2 diabetes) then at least the most severe outcomes. The patient is the most important member of their own healthcare team, as diabetes treatment involves a lot of self-care and preventative lifestyle choices.

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Patient Safety Movement

JUNE 28, 2023

President Bill Clinton, the 42nd President of the United States, joined us again and demonstrated his strong commitment to patient safety. The event fostered a high-level exchange of ideas and initiatives to improve global patient safety.

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HIT Consultant

JUNE 27, 2023

A digital solution should also offer personalized integration with ongoing support, feature enhancements and updates. Clinical Dosing Decision Support: FDA-cleared dosing calculators can improve patient outcomes and reduce the burden on providers who often resort to manual, time-intensive calculations prone to medication errors.

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Patient Safety Movement

APRIL 27, 2023

Join Us for the 10th Annual World Patient Safety, Science & Technology Summit, June 1-2, 2023 Join us in celebrating our 10th anniversary summit with world-renowned speakers and panelists discussing the latest challenges and solutions in patient safety. Organ donation is a selfless gift to those with organ failure.

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HIT Consultant

MARCH 6, 2023

In every instance, a potential threat to patient safety is present. Experiencing Drug Diversion Firsthand Before next-generation diversion technology started making its way onto the main stage, I led the regional diversion program at a large integrated delivery network. Sandy Still, Pharm.D.,

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HIT Consultant

AUGUST 4, 2023

Designed to deliver optimized workflows and revenues, greater clinical insights, and enhanced patient safety and care quality, healthcare analytics plays an essential role in improving core competencies and strengthening operations across the care continuum.

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Healthcare It News

OCTOBER 12, 2023

" MEETING THE CHALLENGE UConn Health went live on the platform in early August 2023, and it is in active use by patients and more than 60 MSK surgeons, care team members and clinical practice leaders for spine, arthroplasty, sports and foot/ankle care. "We will follow these trends as more data is gathered over time.

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p3care

MAY 1, 2023

We understand the paramount necessity of identifying and preventing healthcare fraud and abuse. Fraudulent actions put patients’ trust and security in danger. Detecting Fraudulent Medical Billing Services Healthcare fraud has negative effects on patient safety and the treatment standard as a whole.

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Patient Safety

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

A delirium interprofessional plan of care was integrated into the electronic health record for ease of adoption and workflow modification. days for patients screening positive for delirium. Delirium prevention is the goal for potential associated iatrogenic conditions.

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HIT Consultant

JUNE 29, 2023

strategic partnership with Medline to establish agility and scale, supply chain resiliency and enhanced clinical integration with the nurses and physicians who use Medline’s product. Ballad Health partners with MedAware to leverage an artificial intelligence platform to improve patient safety and optimize pharmacy workflows.

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Cloud Blogs

OCTOBER 20, 2022

Doctors experiencing burnout are twice as likely to be involved in patient safety incidents, including medication errors and substandard care. This, in turn, leads to a sharp decline in patient satisfaction. Detect and prevent fraudulent claims and other abuses based on behavioral patterns.

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Health Populi

AUGUST 2, 2022

When I talk about patient support programs (PSPs), I’m most often focused on supporting peoples’ access to medicines due to costs, bolstering health literacy, and addressing health citizens’ risks of drivers of health that can be obstacles to optimal health outcomes (those challenging social determinants of health).

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HIT Consultant

SEPTEMBER 12, 2021

Today, manufacturers and healthcare providers don’t need to wait on the government to improve patient safety. Here are four things I believe healthcare workers need to know about medical device recalls to improve patient safety. But I still find that healthcare workers are unaware of how rampant this problem is.

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Icanotes

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) even says it's outdated from clinical and classification perspectives and is well beyond due for a major update. ICD-11 was built to keep up with advances in science and medicine, ensuring an accurate reflection of our latest understanding of disease treatment, diagnosis and prevention.

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Healthcare Leadership Council

JUNE 27, 2022

Vaccines are integral to preventing diseases and reducing the chance of illness for individuals. They significantly lower the risk of severe illness and hospitalization, and even death, as well as preventing the spread of diseases.

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NASHP

DECEMBER 11, 2023

To ensure effective crisis care, it is crucial to integrate essential principles throughout the crisis service delivery system. Integrated organizations, such as Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinics and other behavioral health centers, offer a range of services, including clinical services and peer-led recovery supports.

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HIT Consultant

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

However, when implemented properly, a data lake delivers speed, accuracy, and ease of integration with the organization’s current tools and workflows, avoiding these top data lake misconceptions: #1 – “A data lake is complex and with this volume of data it would take weeks to update.”.

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ACHE

JUNE 30, 2021

The COVID-19 pandemic created countless challenges for healthcare providers, but some silver-linings-minded leaders believe the health crisis also accelerated innovation in quality and safety. One step to achieving zero harm is establishing and maintaining a just culture. It needs to be relentless.”.

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HIT Consultant

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

They can also collaborate and communicate with their peers and patients efficiently and securely using EHR. There is also evidence of improved patient safety as electronic prescription and allergy tracking features in EHR systems can prevent errors and adverse events.

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HIT Consultant

DECEMBER 12, 2022

As healthcare continues to digitally transform, integrating health data among various IT stakeholders demands much more collaboration than our predecessors could have imagined. Today, IT’s interaction with key organizational decision-makers is integral to safeguarding patient data, a primary component of delivering quality patient care.

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Readiness Rounds

APRIL 26, 2018

White Plains Hospital First in the Country To Adopt Innovative System-Wide Platform To Enhance Patient Safety, Experience, and Quality of Care. In today’s healthcare marketplace, patients have a choice. High Reliability” Initiative Ensures Consistency Across the Board. WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. For additional information, visit [link].

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Readiness Rounds

APRIL 26, 2018

White Plains Hospital First in the Country To Adopt Innovative System-Wide Platform To Enhance Patient Safety, Experience, and Quality of Care. In today’s healthcare marketplace, patients have a choice. High Reliability” Initiative Ensures Consistency Across the Board. WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. For additional information, visit [link].

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Triage Health Law

DECEMBER 13, 2023

It is against this backdrop that the Guidelines aim to provide much-needed, urgent guidance and regulatory certainty to healthcare providers as to the requirements for securing the confidentiality, integrity and availability of health information against unauthorized access and other risks.

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Bill Of Health

MARCH 9, 2022

We are concerned that the uncritical promotion of touch as an integral part of the P-AT healing process may lead to an overreliance on touch to the detriment of therapeutic interventions that help build clients’ self-soothing capacities. She works to advance best practice prevention and evidence based institutional policies for sexual harm.

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Readiness Rounds

JULY 31, 2023

This blog aims to address these uncertainties and provide insights into optimizing the use of patient communication boards. → This blog aims to address these uncertainties and provide insights into optimizing the use of patient communication boards. → Do you ever question the effectiveness of your hospital's communication boards?

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Sheppard Health Law

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

It represents a compilation of OIG’s past guidance regarding basic compliance practices across a wide spectrum of industries and includes new guidance based upon lessons learned from negotiating and monitoring corporate integrity agreements and from enforcement actions and investigations.

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Cloud Blogs

OCTOBER 20, 2022

Doctors experiencing burnout are twice as likely to be involved in patient safety incidents, including medication errors and substandard care. This, in turn, leads to a sharp decline in patient satisfaction. Detect and prevent fraudulent claims and other abuses based on behavioral patterns.

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HIT Consultant

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

Physicians need safety mechanisms that provide critical patient-specific insights to advise on the risk of current and future dependency, from the point of the first prescription throughout the continuum of care. AI and Big Data Lessons from Finance can Protect Patients. Gidi Stein , MD, Ph.D.,

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HIT Consultant

MARCH 23, 2023

Not only was patient safety better protected through virtual monitoring, but Trinity Health was also able to reduce its costs by $23M by avoiding non-reimbursed services for those injuries. At Trinity Health, falls declined from as many as 62 in the second quarter of 2020 to as few as 28 in the third quarter of 2021.

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Briggs Healthcare

APRIL 7, 2022

“Patient and resident health and safety are top priorities for CMS, and today’s actions are focused on ensuring every nursing home resident is cared for in a safe, high-quality environment,” said CMS Administrator Chiquita Brooks-LaSure.

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Healthcare It News

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

Although seemingly basic, these environmental controls are often unavailable to patients, leading to frequent nurse call button triggers, causing frustration and diverting staff from direct patient care, he noted. This minimizes disruptions to patient sleep cycles and privacy.

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Icanotes

MARCH 3, 2023

The Do's and Don'ts of Clinical Documentation Documentation facilitates communication among providers, promotes patient safety, minimizes errors and improves the overall quality of patient care. Verify your patient's insurance: Early verification is an effective way to prevent dealing with insurance issues down the line.

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