Communication & Documentation · Health Information · Technology Risk
Electronic Health Records Last Updated: August 2018 From the AHRQ Patient Safety Network: Background Electronic health records (EHRs) have been widely adopted over the past decade in both inpatient and[…]
Acute Care · Ambulatory Care · Communication & Documentation · FQHC and CHCs · Health Information · Hospital and Physician Groups · Long Term Care
The use of copy and paste functionality is introducing significant safety concerns for clinicians that use those capabilities in digital records systems in healthcare, according to a report from a[…]
Health Information · Litigation and Regulatory · Privacy
One insurance company learned the hard way about the risk of loss of patient information with portable devices like USBs, even when they are stored in a presumably “safe” place[…]
Acute Care · Ambulatory Care · Communication & Documentation · FQHC and CHCs · Health Information · Home Healthcare · Hospital and Physician Groups · Litigation and Regulatory · Pharmacy · Privacy · Technology Risk
There’s been quite a bit written on this topic by the Joint Commission, CMS and even the ISMP. Some of the messages have caused confusion among healthcare organizations and clinicians.[…]
Health Information · Privacy · Technology Risk · Tools
The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) has updated its Safety Assurance Factors for EHR Resilience (SAFER) guides. These resources can help organizations identify potential safety[…]
Communication & Documentation · Health Information · Litigation and Regulatory · Technology Risk
Electronic health records offer many positive advantages for patients and providers, but there are also possible risk exposures and negative impact on quality and patient safety, medicolegal documentation and fraud and abuse. One of[…]
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