How to Use EHRs to Reduce Dangerous Drug-Drug Interactions
With the advent of EHRs and digital health technology, health systems are looking to reduce those interactions by pinpointing when they can occur and giving clinicians on-demand access to information to prevent them. But that technology depends on understanding how clinicians prescribe drugs and how they look for dangerous interactions.
4 CMO Predictions for Healthcare in 2024
Healthcare organizations are facing a slew of challenges. Those challenges include workforce shortages that are straining the ranks of physicians and nurses and economic woes that threaten the operations of health systems, hospitals, and physician practices.
Data Breach Costs NY Presbyterian $300K
According to the AG’s office, between 2016 and 2022 NYP used unvetted third-party tracking pixels and tags on its website that sent visitors’ data back to vendors whenever the website loaded or when a visitor clicked a link, submitted a form, or ran a search.
HHS Tells Health Systems: Get Serious About Cybersecurity
The six-page document builds off of the Biden administration’s National Cybersecurity Strategy, which was unveiled last March, and follows recent actions taken by federal agencies to boost security, including the release of healthcare-specific practices and training resources, guidance on medical device security from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, and new telehealth guidelines from the HHS Office of Civil Rights.
PSQH: The Podcast Episode 95 – How Technology Can Improve IV Safety
On episode 95 of PSQH: The Podcast, Gary Warren, CEO of ivWatch, talks about how technology can improve IV safety.
Error vs. Failure: Taking a Different Look at What Goes Wrong in Healthcare
When things go wrong in healthcare, we look at the wrong things after the fact, according to a presenter at the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) Forum in Orlando earlier this month.
ABQAURP News December 2023
Happy Holidays! ABQAURP wishes you a happy Holiday Season and a joyful New Year! May 2024 bring happiness, peace, and prosperity to you and your family.
Address Falling HCAHPS Scores with Better Communication Tools
As hospitals continue to battle burnout and staffing shortages, the need for advancements in patient/provider communication is rising so that healthcare teams can provide a better experience and improved interactions with patients.
Healthcare and AI: Enhancing Care Through Emerging Technology
These new large language models can be used to improve natural language processing (NLP), but NLP itself isn’t something new—it’s a branch of artificial intelligence that has been around for decades.
How One Health System Has Successfully Tackled Workplace Violence
A recent survey found that 40% of healthcare workers had experienced workplace violence in the past two years. Workplace violence in healthcare settings has several negative consequences such as care team members suffering physical and psychological trauma, according to the survey report.