Leaders at more than 600 Joint Commission-accredited hospitals representing independent and health system organizations across the country have successfully transitioned to The Joint Commission’s new direct data submission platform for reporting calendar year (CY) 2017 electronic clinical quality measure (eCQM) data in 2018, agency officials reveal.
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Power failures, fires, floods, industrial accidents, cyberattacks—disasters such as these can put both health care organizations and their patients at risk. A new Quick Safety advisory from The Joint Commission provides healthcare organizations with risk factors, safety recommendations, and research on how to continue operations during an emergency.
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During the AAMI 2018 Conference & Expo, which took place from June 1-4, in Long Beach, Calif., experts in the healthcare technology management (HTM) field explored a variety of hot topics. Chief among them: cybersecurity, FDA legislation, artificial intelligence, and advancing the global HTM sector.
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In this Soapbox article, Caitlin Young—a senior biomedical engineering student and a recent alumnus of the clinical engineering co-op program at Eastern Maine Medical Center (EMMC)—shares why asking “why” is a boon to one’s career. It’s something she discovered when she was tasked with revising a checklist used for assessing the risk category of a device at EMMC.
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During the AAMI 2018 Conference & Expo, set to take place June 1-4 in Long Beach, Calif., more than 2,000 HTM professionals from across the country and around the world will be discussing how to address many of the top issues facing the field, including ways to bolster their organizations’ cyber defenses.
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