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Quality and Safety

By Mike Miliard | 12:04 pm | July 23, 2019
The groups urge the Senate to follow the House's lead and finally lift the ban on federal funding for a nationwide unique patient identifier, making the case that it can help avoid serious safety risks due to matching errors.
Workforce Development
By Mike Miliard | 01:19 pm | July 22, 2019
More than two dozen organizations will get money from HRSA's new Rural Residency Planning and Development Program grants.
By HIMSS TV | 05:57 pm | July 17, 2019
Etsimo's platform can help increase patient empathy by freeing up doctors' time while ensuring patients stay healthier longer, says co-founder and CEO Thomas Grandell.
By Tammy Lovell | 05:43 am | July 17, 2019
Coroners have called for action to prevent further fatalities linked to the NHS Pathways system following 11 patient deaths.
By Mike Miliard | 04:58 pm | July 16, 2019
Population health management vendor SPH Analytics is merging with SA Ignite, which develops tools to help providers optimize their performance scores for the Merit-Based Incentive Payment System.
Workforce Development
By Bill Siwicki | 03:52 pm | July 15, 2019
The program is a labor of love for the health system’s chief information and administrative officer. And it’s helping entry level employees in IT move up to principal engineer/senior analyst.
By Bill Siwicki | 02:11 pm | July 11, 2019
The smartphone app also came in handy during a ransomware attack: When other systems were down, it was up and running.
By Mike Miliard | 02:52 pm | July 10, 2019
The Quality Summit will convene healthcare stakeholders to explore ways the department's many quality programs can be assessed and adapted to better advance value-based care models.
Workforce Development
By Bill Siwicki | 01:28 pm | July 09, 2019
Deborah Heart and Lung Center’s workforce development program for its health IT team centers around staff experts who teach new recruits about how technology works there – and across the wider healthcare industry.
By Mike Miliard | 12:01 pm | July 09, 2019
The partnership aims to give hospitals better insights into real-time patient data, boosting coordination with post-acute providers, payers and physician groups across the state.