Category: Patient Engagement
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Infection prevention and control guidance prioritizes strategies to combat MRSA
New guidelines aim to reduce the prevalence of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), improve patient safety and prioritize current prevention efforts underway in hospitals. This drug resistant bacterium is a common source of patient morbidity and mortality in U.S. hospitals, causing nearly twice the number of deaths, significantly longer hospital stays and higher hospital costs than…
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Practice Greenhealth recognizes UCLA Health System with Partner for Change awards
Both Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center and UCLA Medical Center, Santa Monica, have been honored with 2014 Partner for Change awards by Practice Greenhealth, a nonprofit organization that works with the health care community to increase efficiencies and environmental stewardship while improving patient safety and care through the use of best practices and new tools…
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HIMSS Turkey: Three Turkish hospitals awarded HIMSS Stage 6
Demonstrating outstanding levels of IT implementation, ensuring superior healthcare services and much increased patient safety …read more
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Joeseph Kvedar: Telehealth needs standards of care, safeguards
Telehealth is growing more prevalent and states must adopt policies–such as a model policy adopted in April by the Federation of State Medical Boards–to address patient safety, Joseph C. Kvedar, M.D., founder and director of the Center for Connected Health, writes at Health Affairs Blog. read more …read more
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Medical Students May Benefit From Guidance in the Use of Social Media
Medical students use social media extensively, but medical schools may need to offer more guidance in potential pitfalls, according to Penn State College of Medicine researchers. Medical students use social media extensively, but medical schools may need to offer more guidance in potential pitfalls, according to Penn State College of Medicine researchers. “We assessed how…
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Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust successfully launches Datix to 11,000 users in double-quick time
Patient safety software rolled out to entire Trust to create single integrated platform across all four of its hospitals …read more
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2014 Up-and-Comer: Get Real Health
After their dotcom company crashed and burned, three entrepreneurs took their technology and expertise to make patient engagement and consumer health the focus of their new business. To accompany our Healthcare Informatics 100 list of the largest companies in health information technology, we like to give readers a heads-up on some fast-growing companies that could…
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N.J. Hospital Quality Effort Averts 9,206 Adverse Events and $100 Million in Costs in 2013
New Jersey hospitals participating in a nationwide quality and patient safety program have averted 9,206 adverse events for patients and more than $100 million in added healthcare costs in 2013, according to data from the Partnership for Patients-New Jersey initiative. New Jersey hospitals participating in a nationwide quality and patient safety program have averted 9,206…
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Readers Write: What is a Patient Safety Organization and Should You Join One?
What is a Patient Safety Organization and Should You Join One? By Brenda Giordano, RN, MN Can they really say that? In 2011, the government asked Walgreens for information about two of its pharmacists. Walgreens said “no” to the request. There was nothing the government could do about it — Walgreens belonged to a Patient…
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Tools and Strategies to Engage Your Patients: One CIO’s Perspective
In Springfield, Massachusetts, Baystate Health’s CIO, Joel Vengo, has been leading a patient engagement initiative that not only engages patients, but also better connects them to primary care and care management The medical community has a long way to go before it can lay claim to full patient engagement. It’s estimated that only 10% of…