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5 Ways Healthcare Systems Can Help Physicians Talk About Adverse Events
Although communication and resolution programs are becoming more pervasive throughout healthcare, providing a more structured approach to adverse event discussions, clinicians still struggle when it comes to discussing unintended outcomes with patients and their families.
 

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Build a Care Team
With healthcare complexity increasing daily, traditional models of delivering care fail to offer a framework capable of delivering high-quality care at a reasonable cost. The rapid expansion and evolution of medical knowledge makes it impossible for any single healthcare professional to assimilate and retain the up-to-date information necessary to properly treat patients.
Quest Diagnostics Breach Affects 34,000 Individuals
Quest Diagnostics, a Madison, New Jersey-based medical laboratory services company, announced a data breach affecting 34,000 individuals.
New Medicare Rules Should Help 'High Need' Patients Get Better Treatment
New Medicare policies reflect heightened attention to the costliest patients in the health care system — mostly older adults who have multiple chronic conditions that put them at risk of disability, hospitalization, and an earlier-than-expected death.
 

Featured Resource
Medication Reconciliation: Practical Strategies and Tools for Compliance
Medication reconciliation is a crucial step in preventing medical errors, and it has become an increased focus of regulators across the healthcare continuum as organizations concentrate on improving patient safety and quality of care. Medication Reconciliation: Practical Strategies and Tools for Compliance focuses on establishing a reliable medication reconciliation process for patients as they move from setting to setting.
 

  

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The New CMS Emergency Management Rule: Tips for Successful Implementation
Date: January 24, 2017 | 1:00PM-2:30PM ET
Understanding the key requirements of the new CMS emergency management regulations will be paramount to your agency’s continued compliance.
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