News & Analysis | | Sexual Assault Victim Sues the Hospital that Treated Her | | The information collected from the victim was stored on an unsecured electronic health record, where it later was allegedly improperly accessed by an x-ray technician, who allegedly passed the information on to the alleged perpetrator of the sexual assault. |
| Risk-Adjusted Models for Measuring Hospital Quality of Care | | Despite the growing emphasis on and sophistication of quality and safety measurements, few measurement systems take into account one of the most important realities of healthcare: All patients are not created equal, even those with the same diagnosis. |
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| Product Spotlight | | Stop medical errors, patient harm, and angry surveyors by fixing your patient handoff process. Handoffs (aka transitions) are when a patient is transferred from one caregiver to another—they’re also a weak point in the care process overall. Vital information can be forgotten or overlooked when making the handoff, and that means a high potential for harm, from wrong-patient scenarios to medication errors.
Join this 90-minute webinar on Thursday, June 27 and learn from international patient handoff expert Emily Patterson, PhD, as she teaches you how to adapt mnemonics, tools, and best practices to your facility. Order now! |
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