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Tue, Jun 22 2010 12:02 PM EST
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In this video, Reanna Thompson, chief nursing officer of Presbyterian Intercommunity Hospital, shares a nursing perspective on electronic medical records and CPOE with the editor of www.whatismeaningful.com. Below is the video and a transcript of the interview.
What is Mea... [MORE]
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Fri, May 21 2010 4:09 PM EST
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Carol Steltenkamp, M.C., CMIO, University of Kentucky HealthCare in Lexington, recently spoke with Healthcare Informatics about enterprise-wide e-prescribing and supporting the use of it among affiliated community physicians in Lexington. Below are excerpts of her comments to Healthcare ... [MORE]
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Thu, Jan 28 2010 10:27 AM EST
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Building on the popularity of her blog post on this site about using clinical data to improve patient outcomes, Melissa Honour, MPH, worked with Eclipsys to develop the white paper, “Using Clinical Data in More Meaningful Ways,” — and further review the challeng... [MORE]
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Wed, Dec 09 2009 4:05 PM EST
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Theft was widely endorsed at a session today examining the challenges and opportunities of patient safety in rural hospitals. The focus was the Maine Critical Access Hospital Patient Safety Collaborative, in which 14 of the state’s CAHs have come together to work on common issues around safety... [MORE]
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Tue, Dec 08 2009 7:13 PM EST
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Harm reduction is a marathon, not a sprint, Henry Ford Health System Chief Quality Officer James Conway said Tuesday. The Detroit-area system has been actively engaged in quality initiatives since 1989, when it began using performance improvement methods borrowed from general industry. So when Henry... [MORE]
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Tue, Dec 08 2009 6:41 PM EST
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The IHI conference keeps charging along, with lots of interactive sessions built around one of the organization’s core themes, “All Teach, All Learn.” Yesterday included 25 daylong mini-courses focusing on everything from decreasing rehospitalizations to designing a patient-centere... [MORE]
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Fri, Nov 06 2009 5:39 PM EST
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What is the key to achieving meaningful outcomes with all the IS technologies that are being installed at Presbyterian Intercommunity Hospital? It definitely goes back to understanding what you are trying to achieve, starting with your goals and objectives in mind. The projects we [a... [MORE]
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Wed, Oct 14 2009 4:29 PM EST
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Admit it: Your eyelids start to droop every time somebody mentions the word “culture.” It’s one of those things you know you probably ought to fix if only you could figure out exactly what it is.
Three presenters at an MGMA session called “Creating a Culture of Safet... [MORE]
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Fri, Sep 04 2009 3:25 PM EST
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As the nation buzzes with the latest twists and turns of healthcare reform, one thing is increasingly clear: investments in health information technology must be linked to improving care. In the midst of the unprecedented industry discussion about the definition of “meani... [MORE]
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