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When discussing barcode specimen collection and proper patient identification (PPID), patient safety often drives the conversation. Considering that lab results determine up to 70 percent of treatment options, it is imperative that all specimen labels are labeled correctly with the proper patient identification. As a clinician, you…
Smart pump technology has become more prevalent within the healthcare industry because of the many benefits and added safety it provides. Smart pumps are designed to address the programming errors traditional pumps are susceptible to, but they also alleviate manual data entry, shorten patient length of stay,…
Last year we all saw the resiliency of the healthcare system and how flexible health systems can be—and have to be—in order to continue to protect patients during a troublesome time. Technology was more critical than ever to keep workflows moving and connections strong. One major player…
Look back to 2020, and you’ll see that it was a record year for cyber breaches. The shift to working from home created new security gaps that most organizations weren’t prepared for. Match that with how reliant the healthcare industry is on internet-connected devices, telemedicine, and digital…
There is lots of data stored in MEDITECH data, but invariably you are going to encounter that one bit of data that you need, that is not helpfully stored in the tables you are using. And one of the biggest missing pieces of the data puzzle is…
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