The first core area involved improving the medical center's culture and systems for using unique patient identifiers and wristbands. In 2003, the medical center launched initiatives to identify ...

Patient misidentification continues to pose a persistent safety risk throughout the NHS, yet it remains inadequately acknowledged and researched, a healthcare safety watchdog has warned. A new report ...

LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Quantzig, a global analytics solutions provider, has announced the completion of their recent whitepaper on the five best practices for effective patient engagement in the ...

Misidentifying a patient can lead to significant consequences, including reduced clinical productivity, revenue loss and even patient harm. In a webinar sponsored by Imprivata and presented by ...

The accountable care model attempts to fix healthcare in the U.S. by striving to meet the triple aim of lowering healthcare costs while improving population health and care quality. However, ...

SAN DIEGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--SEQSTER PDM Inc. (“SEQSTER”), the leading patient-centric healthcare technology company, and Antidote Technologies (“Antidote”), a digital health company that focuses on ...

Improving patient care by identifying and addressing potential gaps is essential for better patient outcomes. Yet, providers are often unaware of these gaps, and the current methods payers use to ...

Treatment journeys — especially those involving specialty medications — can be complex and arduous. Patient support programs (PSP) are meant to serve as trusted guides that help patients through the ...

Orthopedic surgeons have the fifth-highest wait times of any specialty physician group, with an average wait time of 21 minutes—and the longer the wait time, the greater the decrease in patient ...

The effective participation in health information exchanges requires a focus on data governance, interoperability and ...