Quality and Safety
The orthopedic specialty hospital leveraged health information and technology to improve processes and ultimately patient care outcomes.
The National Center for Human Factors in Healthcare also wants the removal of controversial gag clauses, which prevent clinicians from sharing their perspective on usability issues.
Electronic Health Records
China's Kunming Children's Hospital put the power of IT to work to improve quality, safety and efficiency – and achieve Stage 7 of the EMRAM, says the organization’s president, Tiesong Zhang.
As the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT comments period drew to a close, a number of organizations weighed in about how to improve electronic health records platforms.
The ANA integrates its educational programs in one information system to design better offerings and help learners. Health systems can learn from the group's experience.
Common usability challenges can also contribute to medical errors, the organization said.
Urgent care provider PromptMD messages patients as they head out the door to gain fresh perspectives on care – it so far has a 36.8% response rate.
A new report from the Duke-Margolis Center for Health Policy explores some of the policy changes that should be made to enable safer and more effective deployment of artificial intelligence in healthcare.
The theme is how health IT community stakeholders can take advantage of collaboration opportunities with 11 key federal agencies.
The health system takes a practical approach, building analytics dashboards for nurses to enable proactive quality improvement.