Efforts are currently underway in at least four states—Massachusetts, Minnesota, Nebraska, and New York—to pass right to repair legislation. According to The Repair Association, the most promising avenue for reform seems to be a legislative approach at the state level, with the hope that if one state falls in line, a national agreement will follow.
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The rise of electronic health records has led to increased adoption of time-saving features like copy/paste and copy/forward. A new publicly available toolkit from the Partnership for Health IT Patient Safety examines these common practices and presents four recommendations for their safe use in a healthcare setting. Health IT Safe Practices: Toolkit for the Safe Use of Copy and Paste is the Partnership’ first release in a series of planned evidence-based recommendations designed to improve health IT safety.
Read MoreThe Joint Commission has introduced a new program called Pioneers in Quality to provide education and support for hospitals attempting to meet the growing requirements for electronic clinical quality measures (eCQMs).
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A good medical equipment management plan is a thing of beauty. The bad ones are often confusing, disorganized, out of date, incomplete, and downright painful to read. To make life easier for your Joint Commission surveyor, your superiors, and yourself, keep these tips in mind as you write, edit, and polish your MEMP.
Read MoreTexas Children’s Hospital in Houston is the winner of ECRI Institute’s 10th Annual Health Devices Achievement Award. The honor recognizes an outstanding initiative undertaken by an ECRI Institute member healthcare institution that improves patient safety, reduces costs, or otherwise facilitates better strategic management of health technology. Texas Children’s won for its alarm management initiative.
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