Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority Examines EHR Errors Related to Default Values
Data Analysis Shows How to Avoid Certain Types of Errors When Using EHRs Over 300 events related to EHR software defaults analyzed by the Pennsylvania…
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ONC Hosts Patient Safety Plan Webinar
HHS Patient Safety Plan Webinar Tomorrow, July 10 @4:00pm EDT The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) invites you to join…
ECRI Identifies Strategies to Guide Risk Managers on Health IT Approach
Latest ECRI Institute Report Names Top 10 Health IT Success Strategies to Manage Risks The Emergency Care Research Institute (ECRI) is a nonprofit organization dedicated to bringing…
New Health IT Workgroup Will Address Patient Safety and Innovation
Health IT workgroup to give recommendations for regulatory framework Members of a newly created health information technology (health IT) workgroup have been selected and announced….
Technological Advances, Patient-centered Care To Reduce Hospital Falls
Needing Better Technology for Unitentional Injuries David Condra Amplion Clinical Communications Hospitals nationwide are making efforts to reduce the rates of patient falls, and we as…
ECRI Institute Report Asks ‘How Safe Is Your EHR?’
Latest ECRI Institute Report Names Top 10 Hospital Technology Issues The Emergency Care Research Institute (ECRI) is a nonprofit organization dedicated to bringing applied scientific research…
BPC Releases Recommendations on Oversight for Patient Safety and Health IT
Calls for Continued Innovation in Health IT to Protect Patients Yesterday the Bipartisan Policy Center (BPC) released An Oversight Framework for Assuring Patient Safety in…
Bipartisan Policy Center to Hold Discussion on Patient Safety in Health IT
Tom Daschle to Lead Health IT Safety Policy Discussion The Bipartisan Policy Center (BPC) is a non-profit founded in 2007 by former Senate Majority Leaders…
AMIA Paper Looks to Reduce EHR-Related Medical Errors
AMIA Position Paper Makes 10 Recommendations for Improving EHR Usability The American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA) is a non-profit membership and scientific association providing leadership…