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Quality and Safety

By Jessica Davis | 02:51 pm | May 01, 2017
The initiative will leverage artificial intelligence, high-performance computing and data from the VA and other federal resources to develop better treatments and preventative care for veterans.
By Bill Siwicki | 02:13 pm | April 28, 2017
Leapfrog Group says 30 percent of hospitals fully meet the four criteria for bar code medication administration, though 74 percent meet the group’s two CPOE criteria.
By Mike Miliard | 03:03 pm | April 26, 2017
EHR vendor hopes the HL7-enabled integration will give patients access to learn more about symptoms, conditions, healthy living information and more.
By Mike Miliard | 04:22 pm | April 25, 2017
KLAS report shows that while Cerner’s analytics is easy to turn on, Epic’s can require a more cumbersome installation.
By Bernie Monegain | 11:49 am | April 24, 2017
By integrating the Cleveland Clinic spinoff NeuroLogix into the system, Cerner hopes to better track neurological injuries.
By Mike Miliard | 03:05 pm | April 21, 2017
New grants seek to explore patient-reported data, tech-enabled quality improvement.  
By Bernie Monegain | 02:31 pm | April 21, 2017
Hospitals, doctors’ practices, government, insurers, and healthcare IT companies could all be affected, Kalorama says.
By Jessica Davis | 03:10 pm | April 20, 2017
The agency scored higher on six of nine patient safety indicators, but still needs to work on behavioral health and patient experience, a JAMA Internal Medicine report finds.
By Mike Miliard | 02:55 pm | April 19, 2017
Initiative expected to give emerging physicians greater comfort with electronic health record workflows.
By Bernie Monegain | 11:35 am | April 19, 2017
Annals of Surgery found death rate decline in South Carolina in hospitals that chose to participate in the program.