Tag: Health IT
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Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority Examines EHR Errors Related to Default Values
Over 300 events related to EHR software defaults analyzed by the Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority gives Pennsylvania healthcare facilities information they can use to avoid EHR events such as wrong-time and wrong-dose errors. The information was published in the September issue of the Pennsylvania Patient Safety Advisory released earlier this week. “Default values are often…
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Medflow EHR Achieves ONC-ACB Certification by Drummond Group
Medflow has announced that their Medflow Electronic Health Records v8.1 has been certified under the Drummond Group’s Electronic Health Records Office of the National Coordinator Authorized Certification Body (ONC-ACB) program. By receiving the 2014 ONC HIT Certification, Medflow’s EHR software is compliant in accordance with the criteria adopted by the Secretary of the U.S. Department…
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Nurses at Northside Medical Center to conduct informational picketing to speak out for patient safety
Nurses at Northside Medical Center will conduct informational picketing in front of the hospital on Saturday from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., including some who will wear gags to demonstrate their concerns that management proposals in current contract talks could limit their ability to speak out for patient safety and quality care. Source: Nurses at…
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How to make money from iPhone Apps
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Channel Update
Channel Update – created at http://animoto.com. Video Rating: 0 / 5 I missed the fish and if you look closely you can see that I actually fell! Landed three other fish that day though. These are huge, strong Chinook Salmon. I… Video Rating: 4 / 5
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Effort to fix doc’s Medicare pay formula gains momentum
A bill now pending in the House that has cleared the Energy and Commerce Committee would repeal the sustainable growth rate — SGR — formula and replace it with a more quality-based system. From: http://www.news-medical.net/news/20130907/Effort-to-fix-docs-Medicare-pay-formula-gains-momentum.aspx
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Saban Research Institute hosted symposium on MUCMD at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles
The Saban Research Institute recently hosted the 3rd annual Meaningful Use of Complex Medical Data (MUCMD) Symposium. Organized by Randall Wetzel, MD, chairman of the Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, MUCMD is a forum that fosters communication between physicians and “Big Data” experts in order to make use…
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In states resistant to the health law, poorest residents unlikely to get aid
USA Today reports on how, in states that opted not to pursue the health law’s Medicaid expansion, many of the poorest residents may fall through the cracks. Meanwhile, the San Jose Mercury News looks at some of the states that have been the most resistant to implementing the health law. From: http://www.news-medical.net/news/20130907/In-states-resistant-to-the-health-law-poorest-residents-unlikely-to-get-aid.aspx
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T-Mobile: IBM Netezza Client Success Video
Network engineering success at scale with IBM Netezza Christine Twiford, T-Mobile’s Manager of Network Technology Solutions, explains how and why T-Mobile re…