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Patient safety plays a critical role in healthcare, but it is more than just the physical, psychological, and social well-being of patients as they experience treatments and services. It is also the commitment to provide medical care that works tirelessly to avoid harm and errors, protecting patients…
Hospital IT staff have multiple projects competing for their time and expertise so it’s more important than ever to eliminate tedious, time-consuming tasks. One such task is updating information in multiple databases as the organization gains and loses employees. For many hospitals, this means updating profiles in…
Whenever a hospital takes on a Smart Pump EHR integration (SPEHRI) project, there are usually measurable goals or outcomes around compliance and patient safety initiatives that are initially established to determine if the project is a success. It’s important to establish the primary goal along with the…
Unauthorized access to patients’ protected health information (PHI) is illegal—so why do healthcare professionals keep doing it? How do you get them to stop?A recent JAMA Network study on PHI breaches provides insights into employee behavior regarding privacy data, and how that behavior can be corrected. Introduction:…
Drug diversion has continued to be a major problem in healthcare, one that has considerable consequences. Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, the problem has continued to become more and more prevalent. Approximately 10 to 15% of all healthcare professionals will misuse drugs or alcohol at…
