Quality and Safety
Tool allows purchasers to estimate the number of avoidable deaths among covered lives, related financial details.
As 1,000 patients a day still die from preventable errors, Leapfrog report shows which facilities are failing to improve.
Leapfrog report says many systems are showing dedication to reducing deadly medical errors.
Hartford HealthCare says the partnership will help it transform care delivery over seven years.
The majority of errors were attributed to the human-computer interface, workflow and communication, and clinical content, Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority says.
Healthgrades said 134,568 patient safety events could have been avoided if all hospitals performed like the winners did.
IBM Watson Health will adopt SNOMED CT for use in Watson Health work, SNOMED International and IBM Watson announced today.
Electronic Health Records
The health system drastically reduced documentation time and number of clicks within its Cerner EHR after a three-year optimization project.
Two Advisory Board research leaders discuss the current state of precision medicine – and what it will take for genomics to become part of routine care.
A new report from ECRI Institute says suboptimal EHR management and CDS implementation pose safety risks to patients. It also raises concerns about patient identification and clinical process improvement activities.