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Streamlining Digital Preference Cards for Surgeons Improves Operational Efficiency & Patient Safety

HIT Consultant

By detailing these specifications, preference cards help streamline surgical planning, foster improved communication among the operating room (OR) staff, and ultimately enhance patient safety. It ensures that the most relevant, current data informs all decisions made in the OR, promoting patient safety and quality of care.

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Digitizing and Streamlining Surgeon Preferences Improves Operational Efficiency and Patient Safety

HIT Consultant

By detailing these specifications, preference cards help streamline surgical planning, foster improved communication among the operating room (OR) staff, and ultimately enhance patient safety. It ensures that the most relevant, current data informs all decisions made in the OR, promoting patient safety and quality of care.

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Bytes Without Borders: Audits, but different

Patient Safety Blog

They are important to ensure the quality of care, but often cost a lot of time and effort to complete. That’s why, together with them, The Patient Safety Company built an application to perform audits via our TPSC Cloud Platform. Every year they come around: audits.

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Five Ways to Empower Patients and Improve Patient Engagement

Patient Safety Movement

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.” And they can provide feedback and advocacy so that their experiences can be used to improve care for other patients.”

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Newsletter, December 2023

Patient Safety Movement

” Joe Kiani, Founder Patient Safety Movement Foundation Letter from CEO December is the time for giving, and I would like to thank those of you who have generously given to the Patient Safety Movement Foundation. Proposed measure MUC 2023-188 Patient Safety Structural Measure is a vital one.

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Health Care Paradox: Medicare Penalizes Dozens of Hospitals It Also Gives Five Stars

KHN

. “Unfortunately, pretty much in every regard, the program has been a failure,” said Andrew Ryan , a professor of health care management at the University of Michigan’s School of Public Health, who has published extensively on the program. . In a statement, CMS noted it had limited ability to alter the program.

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Empowering Healthcare Heroes: The Vital Role of Crisis-Ready Workforce Management Platforms

HIT Consultant

Technology that can help healthcare workers navigate complexities, track resources efficiently, and maintain compliance during unprecedented times is not just important, it is a fundamental tool to help maintain patient safety and quality.