Welcome to our Healthcare IT Today Weekly Roundup. Each week, we’ll be providing a look back at the articles we posted and why they’re important to the healthcare IT community. We hope this gives…
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As we continue to push the world of healthcare forward with innovation and digital transformations, it’s important to remember to do so safely. All of our progress is for naught if we can’t use any…
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By Sara Heath
February 02, 2024 – The move to hospital-at-home and home use of medical devices could be the biggest threat to patient safety this year, according to ECRI, prompting industry stakeholders to call for…
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ECRI, the patient safety organization, has published its annual list of the 10 health technology hazards it’s watching in 2024.WHY IT MATTERSAs part of its safety-focused mission, the nonprofit ECRI conducts independent evaluations of…
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Experience the paradigm shift in healthcare as RFID technology undergoes groundbreaking advancements. Overcoming early challenges, RFID now emerges as a reliable, cost-effective solution with versatile applications. Modern RFID chips, smaller and more efficient, eliminate…
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American healthcare is highly inefficient. Across a variety of long-term health and treatment outcomes and patient safety metrics, the U.S. has lower performance compared with countries of similar economic status, despite spending more money…
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Technology has changed a lot since I was a practicing pharmacist. While clinicians have always focused on using technology to improve patient safety, everything else about technology is constantly evolving.
For example, clinicians have relied…
David Sides, CEO at NextGen Healthcare
Doctors do so much to keep our communities thriving. Unfortunately, according to the American Medical Association, about 63 percent of physicians report experiencing emotional exhaustion at least once weekly….
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The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has unveiled its regulatory roadmap for the development of new and robust regulations for medical devices in the UK.The plans have been laid out to protect…
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Baptist Health’s telemedicine implementation tackled crucial challenges, providing efficient risk assessments and continuous care in the geriatric psychiatry unit. Leveraging existing infrastructure and innovative applications, the health system streamlined processes, ensuring 24/7 coverage for…
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