Quality and Safety
When it comes to referrals, physicians are still more likely to pick up the phone than to electronically share the patient's information with another provider, according to a new survey.
As it seeks to increase electronic health data sharing, Verizon will begin in January to issue free medical identity credentials to 2.3 million U.S. physicians, physician assistants and nurse practitioners.
Quality Partners of Rhode Island, whose focus is on healthcare quality improvement, has been selected to serve on the Health Information Technology Competency Taskforce, funded through the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology.
The TriZetto Group has announced plans to enhance its care management and value-based solutions for health plan members and their providers through a strategic partnership with clinical analytics developer MEDai.
The ED Benchmarks Collaborative, a joint initiative of the Emergency Nurses Association (ENA) and McKesson, is now is available to hospitals seeking to improve their emergency department performance. The Web-based subscription service enables hospitals to identify trends and compare ED performance with similar organizations nationwide.
Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and the Indian Health Service (IHS) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to improve the health status of American Indian and Alaska Native veterans, officials announced Tuesday. The MOU includes improving care though the development of health information technology.
There's little question that electronic health records reduce adverse drug events and improve quality of care. But that doesn't mean we shouldn't be doing everything to make sure they're as safe and as easy to use as possible, said National Coordinator for HIT, David Blumenthal, MD, at the launch of EHRevent.org, a new safety reporting system that will allow healthcare providers to report adverse issues related to the implementation and use of EHRs.
A new electronic health record (EHR) safety reporting system that will allow healthcare providers to report issues related to the implementation and use of EHRs was launched Monday by not-for-profit iHealth Alliance.
InfoMedics, Inc. has announced that it has launched its patient-physician communications platform in Mexico, Chile, Portugal and Spain - with plans to offer the technology in Venezuela, Belgium, Ireland, Denmark and more next year.
A new report from the American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA) offers recommendations for reducing or eliminating "tensions" between healthcare IT vendors and their customers – specifically with regard to indemnity and error management.