In a recent survey conducted by PSQH and HealthLeaders Media, 100 hospitals and health systems provided insight on where they see the current state of patient identification practices and procedures at their facilities. Though 98% of the respondents indicated that positive patient identification was a high to medium priority, roughly 89% of respondents say that their patient ID systems are less than 100% accurate. With such a priority on getting it right, why are we still getting it wrong?
Join PSQH, HealthLeaders Media, and Imprivata on Thursday, December 7th at 1 pm for an educational webinar. Jonathan Bees, Senior Research Analyst with HealthLeaders Media, and Dr. Sean Kelly, CMO at Imprivata, provide an analysis of the research conducted.
You will learn:
- Industry statistics around patient misidentification
- Causes of patient misidentification
- Relieving patient safety concerns and increasing patient satisfaction
- Strategies for avoiding patient misidentification across the continuum of care
