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Safety Technology for Blood Transfusion

Blood transfusion is highly important procedure in medical industry, especially during emergencies. Most of the times, the hazards concerned with blood transfusion include diseases transmitted through blood transfusion-. These include prior diseases, HIV and emerging [+]

How Quick Response codes can help pharma engage with patients

QR codes skirt the entry limitations; patients can interact with chosen information at their own pace. For this reason, pharma companies should aim to have specific QR codes for each product imprinted on prescription bottles, boxes, [+]

7 Clinic Safety Technologies that you should know

The integrity of the clinical technology ensures a consistency in their systems and processes. Clinical data management serves to be the most important basic routine. So, there should be flexibility and focus [+]

The Benefits of E-prescribing for Today’s Physician

Overview: E-prescribing refers to an emerging solution that improves patient safety and helps reduce rising healthcare costs as well. According to a study, more than 7,000 people die in US due to wrong [+]

Call for your organization’s health IT success story

HIMSS and co-sponsors American Society for Quality (ASQ), National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) and National Patient Safety Foundation (NPSF) are actively seeking real-world success stories about how your organization leveraged health [+]

101 Tips to make your EMR / EHR more useful

Electronic Medical Records and Electronic Health Records (EMR / EHR) are complex beasts of software that can completely redefine the way physicians, nurses, pharmacists, and other clinicians / providers practice medicine. This list of tips come [+]

101 Tips for your EMR: 39-20 Safety Tips

Patient Safety is the key reason for the adoption of electronic medical records.  Even though the health care industry has been able to raise considerable doubts about the cost savings and efficiency gains of EMRs, [+]

Bedside Medication Verification

Medication errors are associated with a significant amount of deaths. According to the Institute of Medicine, around 1.5 million medication errors occur every year that result in about 7,000 deaths. Astonishingly, 70% [+]

Don’t miss Discovery Channel documentary on patient safety

Mayo Clinic participated in a four-part patient safety documentary, "Chasing Zero: Winning the War on Healthcare Harm," which will focus on ordinary changes in health care delivery. These changes bring about extraordinary improvements in quality [+]

Health Technology Increases Safety

The importance of good health is being recognized at national and international levels due to its impact on the growth and economy of the nation as a whole. Many steps are being taken [+]

Three Health Care Organizations win Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award

The National Baldrige Awards have been announced.  THREE of the winners were health care facilities: AtlantiCare, Egg Harbor Township, N.J. (health care) Heartland Health, St. Joseph, Mo. (health care) VA Cooperative Studies Program Clinical Research Pharmacy Coordinating [+]
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