Articles tagged with: Patient Safety
Keeping the Data Secure and Safe
It has never been more important to have a plan in place for a healthcare data breach. A data breach is every organization’s nightmare. No one wants to plan for it, but unfortunately the only way to …
Using Technology for Patient Safety
Patient safety is a healthcare discipline that has emerged out of a concept of avoiding harm to the patient. The application of patient safety isn’t limited to therapeutic care, but it also applies to preventive …
Technology and Medical Errors
Safety in hospitals is of critical importance. Medical errors are consistently in the top five reasons for death in the United States. Wider implementation of electronic prescribing systems and an integrated electronic health record (EHR) …
Analytics, Population Health and Safety
The term “predictive analytics” refers to the use of statistics and modeling techniques to make predictions about future outcomes and performance. Predictive analytics looks at current and historical data patterns to determine if those patterns are likely …
Gauging Risks
COVID-19 continues to dominate headlines, causing people across the world to wonder what their risk level is and if their existing medical conditions make that risk and potential reaction even worse. Healthcare Global brought this …
Using Technology Safely, to Keep Patients Safe
Medical errors harm 1.5 million people and cost $3.5 billion every year, according to The Institute of Medicine (IOM). Shockingly, or maybe not, their report claims that medical errors are not due to incompetent people, but rather …
Cybersecurity Has Never Been More Important
Within the last year, healthcare organizations have had to be proactive in their efforts to align the health industry’s cybersecurity efforts to include medical device security. The COVID-19 pandemic increased the risk and potential damage. …
Patient Safety and Technology
Blockchain might be the solution to patient safety and prescriptions. Massive Science brought this topic to our attention in their article, “Could blockchain technology protect patients from counterfeit medication?“
As a way to cryptically share and …
Using Predictive Analytics in Safety
The term predictive analytics refers to the use of statistics and modeling techniques to make predictions about future outcomes and performance. Predictive analytics looks at current and historical data patterns to determine if those patterns are likely …
Blockchain and Patient Data Safety
Blockchain might be the solution to patient safety and prescriptions. Massive Science brought this topic to our attention in their article, “Could blockchain technology protect patients from counterfeit medication?“
As a way to cryptically share and …
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