Category: Patient Engagement
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Zebra Healthcare Printing Solutions
Zebra barcoding helps healthcare facilities identify, track and manage people, processes and assets. Positive patient identification is the most critical component of improving patient safety; once an ID solution is in place, it is simpler to accurately track and manage other components such as specimens, medications, and materials to enhance patient safety and process efficiency…
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Barcode-Based Patient Safety Initiatives In Hospital Pharmacies
Maximizing patient safety and improving the quality of care is the ultimate goal for healthcare providers and extends to the hospital pharmacy. Doing so requires staying within regulatory compliance, while also advancing staff retention and meeting fiscal constraints. …read more
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mHealth App Reduces 90-day Readmissions for Cardiac Rehab Patients, Study Finds
Mobile health (mHealth) apps can assist in reducing 90-day readmissions for cardiac rehab patients, a new study from the Rochester, Minn.-based Mayo Clinic reveals. Mobile health (mHealth) apps can assist in reducing 90-day readmissions for cardiac rehab patients, a new study from the Rochester, Minn.-based Mayo Clinic reveals. read more …read more
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Report: Global Healthcare IT Market to Reach $66B by 2020
The global healthcare IT market is projected to reach $66 billion by 2020, driven by streamlining clinical workflow processes, according to a new report from market researcher Global Industry Analysts (GIA). The global healthcare IT market is projected to reach $66 billion by 2020, driven by streamlining clinical workflow processes, according to a new report…
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mHealth Apps Need Better Review Process, Docs Argue
Two doctors at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston are advocating for the creation of a mobile health (mHealth) app review and certification organization for apps that don’t get regulated under official Food and Drug Administration (FDA) authority. Two doctors at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston are advocating for the creation of a mobile…
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Oxfordshire Clinical Commissioning Group extends its use of Datix patient safety software
OCCG chooses software from patient safety pioneer to support NHS 111 service …read more
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Tweet Me a River: Eight Years On, the Biggest Two Surprises about Twitter
0 As the mainstream media note the eighth “birthday” of Twitter, the reality of what Twitter has become in society is interesting, with some surprises along the way As the mainstream media note the eighth “birthday” of Twitter, the reality of what Twitter has become in society is interesting, because it has turned out to…
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Gaining Perspective on Patient Engagement Through Social Media
0 On the surface, the idea of getting clinicians to interact with patients on social media comes with much apprehension and worry. But after a recent conversation with the Hospital for Special Surgery in New York City about their doctor-patient Facebook chats regarding lupus, my concerns have subsided. On the surface, the idea of getting…
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Senators Request Clarity on mHealth App Regulation from FDA
A group of U.S. Senators have sent a letter to Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner, Margaret A. Hamburg, M.D. seeking further clarity and transparency on how the agency plans on regulating medical mobile health (mHealth) apps. A group of U.S. Senators have sent a letter to Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner, Margaret A.…
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Canadas leading provider of healthcare liability insurance uses Datix to deliver superior risk assessment to its subscribers
Patient safety pioneers risk management software helps HIROC improve efficiencies and simplify procedures …read more