Remote monitoring and virtual surveillance are quickly becoming a top priority at hospitals across the country. One of the main drivers is the growth of health systems where the main campus is looking for ways […]
Clinical staffers spend about 20% of their time on documentation alone. While it’s difficult to summarize the error rates, studies show that they range from 5% to 95%, depending upon the condition, patient, and measurement. […]
New rules, titled 2015 Edition Health Information Technology (Health IT) Certification Criteria, 2015 Edition Base Electronic Health Record (EHR) Definition, and ONC Health IT Certification Program Modifications were recently provided for public comment. In my […]
There was an interesting thread recently on the listserv for the National Patient Safety Foundation on whether medication barcode readers should beep (or make some other noise) when read. Such systems are typically part of […]
In July 2013 and October 2013, I addressed the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s progress in completing the various elements of improvements to its postmarket surveillance program. This effort has 14 parts divided among three […]
Back in July, I wrote about the first deadline that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration had set for itself with respect to a series of activities to improve its postmarket surveillance system. Of the […]
