Featured Story | | | Automate Vital Sign Collection to Improve Outcomes and Combat Burnout | | Vital signs are critical indicators of a patient's condition in the inpatient setting. Manual collection of vital signs is conducted about four times per day, which is often insufficient to determine whether a patient is decompensating, says F.J. Campbell, MD, chief medical officer of Ardent Health. |
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News & Analysis | | | Improving Price Transparency in Labs and Beyond | | With the Clinical Laboratory Price Transparency Act, which includes the Lower Cost, More Transparency Act, passed in December 2023, clinical labs are now required to disclose their prices up front, which offers patients a clearer understanding of their healthcare expenses before undergoing treatment. |
| Debunking Common Misconceptions About Open-Source EHRs | | Open-source software is often surrounded by misconceptions that hold people back from adopting it, so healthcare organizations that consider implementing an open-source EHR need to separate harmful myths from actual challenges that such a project can entail. |
TODAY: Webinar How One State Successfully Addressed the Challenge of Medication Reconciliation | | In this April 24 fireside chat, Sean Jeffery, PharmD, BCGP, FASCP, AGSF, Director of Clinical Pharmacy, UCONN, and co-founder of The Coalition for Senior Medication Safety, and Jenn Searls, MHA, Executive Director of Connie (Connecticut's state-designated health information exchange) will explain how the state of Connecticut launched a medication safety tool to address the challenging issue of medication reconciliation across healthcare organizations and settings. |
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