Category: Patient Engagement
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Carle Hospital Launches eVisit Initiative
The Carle Foundation Hospital in Urbana, Ill., has launched an online eVisit patient portal where patients with certain specific symptoms can now submit their medical questions to their primary care physician, be diagnosed, and receive care via an electronic visit. The Carle Foundation Hospital in Urbana, Ill., has launched an online eVisit patient portal where…
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Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust sets new standards in patient safety using Datix
By Datix Ltd Patient safety software helps smooth Trusts incidents, claims and complaints procedures and patient liaison service …read more
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Engage Your Patients And Members Where They Are…Not Where You Wish They Were
With all the hype in the health press about the patient engagement potential of patient-facing health information technologies, one could be forgiven for thinking that HIT is the best if not only path to patient engagement. …read more
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Charging for data: What is too much?
As patient engagement gains momentum, and technology enables easier access to personal health information, many providers still charge money for copies of records. That’s allowed under HIPAA and HITECH. But is it wise? read more …read more
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AHIMA pushes for patient matching
“The mismatch between patients and their clinical data is a serious and growing patient safety issue,” says Meryl Bloomrosen, vice president of thought leadership, practice excellence and public policy at AHIMA, the organization of health information management professionals. Bloomrosen was among a group of HIM professionals at a town hall meeting on the topic of…
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Healthcare Analytics: Mining Electronic Records Part 2
By Deborah Leyva Part 2 touches on the hidden costs of Healthcare Information Technology (HIT) and drivers for improving quality of patient care. Go to Part 1 The largest investment in Healthcare technology goes beyond installation and to the training and use of these systems. Training is often a hidden cost which impacts perspective…
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Digging Deeper on Patient Engagement
The National eHealth Collaborative (NeHC) is looking to help health systems better understand what patients want to get out of interactions with their providers, health records, and health education. As a result it’s creating the patient experience framework, the evolution of it patient engagement framework. Two of the project leaders explain what it’s all about.…
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NYU Langone scores number one for patient safety and quality among AMCs across nation
NYU Langone Medical Center scored number one for overall patient safety and quality among leading academic medical centers across the nation that participated in the University HealthSystem Consortium 2013 Quality and Accountability Study. Source: NYU Langone scores number one for patient safety and quality among AMCs across nation
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Hospitals try new tactics to reduce hospital falls
The nation’s medical workforce grapples with preventing falls in the hospital to improve patient safety. In the meantime, seniors in some places of the country are more likely to fill prescriptions for high-risk drugs, and Miami’s seniors lead the nation in filling Medicare prescriptions. From: http://www.news-medical.net/news/20131018/Hospitals-try-new-tactics-to-reduce-hospital-falls.aspx
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Zebra® Printers And Wristbands Help Improve Patient Safety And Automate The Identification Process
As science and technology progresses, one of the biggest challenges is to reduce hospital errors as much as possible. Source: Zebra® Printers And Wristbands Help Improve Patient Safety And Automate The Identification Process