By Richard Kronick, Ph.D. – Today, more Americans than before get safer care, more effective treatments for their illnesses, and better access to care, a new report from AHRQ finds.
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Follow and join the conversation with #PSAW2015 and #PSAWunited Led by the NPSF (National Patient Safety Foundation), Patient Safety Awareness Week is March 8 – 14. This annual,…
By Patrick Conway – Recently, a Department of Health and Human Services report showed that an estimated 50,000 fewer patients died in hospitals and approximately $12 billion in health care costs were saved as a result of a reduction in hospital-acquired conditions from 2010 to 2013.
By Kathy Kenyon, JD – The ONC posted a final summary report on Health Information Technology Adverse Event Reporting: Analysis of Two Databases. Patient safety thrives in health care organizations where reporting of adverse events, including near misses and unsafe conditions, is encouraged.
From the ONC Buzz By Kathy Kenyon, JD/ Senior Policy Analyst , and Amy Helwig, MD, MS Everyone agrees that health IT safety is important….
New RWJF Policy Brief Examines Progress Since 2004 IOM Study Princeton, NJ — A decade ago, a report from the Institute of Medicine (IOM) offered…
ONC Health IT Guide Published Kathy Kenyon, JD / Senior Policy Analyst and Steven Posnack / Director Federal Policy Division, ONC When front line clinicians confront a…
Data Integrity Failures in EHRs and other Health IT Makes Annual List The Emergency Care Research Institute (ECRI) is a nonprofit organization dedicated to bringing applied…
Deloitte Issues Brief on Medical Device Cyber Security Issues in Healthcare The Deloitte Center for Health Solutions is the health services research division of Deloitte….