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The latest news and analysis about patient safety and healthcare quality.
Wednesday, July 24, 2019
 

Featured Story

Multiple Injection Safety Violations Led to NJ Outbreak
Investigators found 41 patients with osteoarthritis contracted the rare infection following injections in their knee joints, with 33 requiring surgery to remove damaged tissue. The investigation found practices including lack of hand washing to inappropriate reuse of medication vials.
 

News & Analysis

The Chronic Issue of Cybersecurity
Healthcare institutions are vulnerable cyber targets, with thousands of patient records to protect and a federal requirement to comply with HIPAA and HITECH. These institutions lack the staffing (and sometimes the awareness) to prevent personal health data from being accessed and held by threat actors.
How Natural Language Processing Helps Advance Healthcare Quality and Patient Safety
Over the last decade or so, the industry has made enormous progress in digitizing significant amounts of clinical, administrative, and billing data, but this effort has not come without problems.
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Industry Events

Saturday, 9/14 - AHIMA19: Health Data and Information Conference

Monday, 9/16 - NAHQ Next

Sunday, 10/3 - ASHRM 2019 Annual Conference

 

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