Articles Tagged With: EHR
-
Behavioral Flags in ED Charts Have Unintended Consequences
If a patient attacked an ED nurse, the next ED nurse caring for that individual probably would want to know specifics about what happened. Some EDs place behavioral flags in ED charts to warn other providers.
-
Ransomware Attack Can Affect Hospitals Nearby, Create Havoc
If one’s response to a hospital in the community fighting a ransomware attack is only relief that it was not their facility, they could be in for a surprise. Even hospitals not hit by hackers can feel the ripple effect and suffer consequences.
-
Information Blocking Still Happening After Cures Act
Information blocking is a threat to patient safety, but it still occurs regularly, despite the penalties for noncompliance laid out by the 21st Century Cures Act. Recently, the HHS Office of Inspector General announced its final rule establishing penalties of up to $1 million for any entities that block the flow of necessary health data.
-
Communication in Care Transition Process Needs Improvement
The care transition process is challenging, especially for patients with multiple complex conditions. To provide the best care to high-risk patients, case managers, community providers, and clinicians need to optimize communication. Case managers can improve the process through quality improvement efforts that focus on overcoming dialogue challenges and identifying providers’ communication preferences.
-
VA Finds Major Patient Safety Issues in New EHR
The Department of Veterans Affairs reported significant problems with its effort to implement a new EHR that could affect patient safety. Hospitals and health systems using the same EHR may need to investigate whether they are experiencing the same issues.
-
Intensive Care Management Works with Complex Medicaid Population
One way to reduce costs among a population of high-cost, high-utilization Medicaid patients is to use intensive care management. In a study of an intervention involving a nonprofit organization that provides integrated care to complex patients, investigators found a reduction of more than $1,900 in total medical expense per member per month.
-
Focusing on Home Health and Hospice Referral Practices
While healthcare is ever-changing, the practice of making referrals across the continuum of care evolves along with it. Over the last three years, as hospitals have been full and transitions of care have been made in haste, ensuring quality transitions to home health and hospice has become even more important. Thankfully, technology has helped ease the burden.
-
New Tool Released for Investigating Diagnostic Errors
A new tool developed by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality promises to help risk managers and quality improvement professionals analyze adverse events involving diagnostic errors, still one of the most challenging patient safety issues.
-
DOJ Report on FCA Settlements Shows Focus on Healthcare
The U.S. Department of Justice recently announced it recovered more than $5.6 billion under the False Claims Act in fiscal year 2021, more than double the $2.3 billion recovered in fiscal year 2020. Healthcare-related recoveries accounted for almost 90% of the 2021 settlements and judgments. -
Universal Method Needed to Collect Social Determinants of Health Information
Healthcare professionals seek a standardized universal method for collecting and using social determinants of health data, according to new research.