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Quality & Safety

Electronic Health Records
By Bill Siwicki | 11:40 am | November 14, 2017
The system boosted its overall rating by more than 15 points in just one quarter.
Electronic Health Records
By Mike Miliard | 05:30 pm | November 10, 2017
Optimal clinical documentation could go a long way in improving research, education and patient safety.
Electronic Health Records
By Bill Siwicki | 02:54 pm | November 10, 2017
Data from electronic health records combined with other technologies like analytics can help pinpoint patients at risk and encourage caregivers to intervene before a fall occurs.
Privacy & Security
By Beth Jones Sanborn | 02:08 pm | November 07, 2017
ECRI Institute weighed factors like severity, serious injury or dealth with overall preventability.
Electronic Health Records
By Jessica Davis | 12:48 pm | November 02, 2017
IT company wants to bring patient data into the pharmacist’s workflow, with real-time flags -- in the same manner they see insurance information and copay amount.
Electronic Health Records
By Bill Siwicki | 11:56 am | November 02, 2017
The hospital will arm patients with devices that track blood pressure and send vitals through AMC Health’s clinical platform into HealthPartners Epic EHR.
Quality & Safety
By Mike Miliard | 03:05 pm | October 30, 2017
The new program aims to streamline quality measures providers are required to meet, rewarding outcomes rather than micromanaging processes.
Quality & Safety
By Susan Morse | 02:52 pm | October 24, 2017
Medicaid expansion in the Affordable Care Act turned Medicaid into a lifelong program for people it was never meant to support, Verma says.
Electronic Health Records
By Tom Sullivan | 11:14 am | October 23, 2017
The system instituted care management and clinical decision support tools to reduce readmissions of patients with asthma.
Analytics
By Tom Sullivan | 12:18 pm | October 20, 2017
The hospital uses its EHR, analytics and associated IT to foster communications between departments, decrease visits and shorten wait times.