Eliminating patient misidentification and preparing for medicare ID card changes with positive patient identification
Explore the causes, risks, and consequences of patient misidentification, as well as strategies for ensuring positive patient identification with the experts at Imprivata.
Claire Reilly
Clinical Workflow Specialist
Imprivata
Justyna Evlogiadis
Sr. Product Marketing Manager
Imprivata
Over 10% of patients are misidentified during health record searches, and 6% will suffer an adverse medical event as a result. Patient misidentification is on the rise and can lead to medical errors, patient harm, and costly inefficiencies for provider organizations. Furthermore, many organizations rely on the social security number currently printed on Medicare identification cards, which the recent MACRA Act requires to be removed in the future.
Attend this webinar to learn:
- Industry statistics around patient misidentification
- New changes coming to Medicare ID cards with the MACRA Act
- Causes of patient misidentification
- Strategies for improving identification registration
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