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3 Ontario hospitals to share patient records via Meditech EHR
Three hospitals in Ontario, Canada, will soon integrate their health information systems on Meditech's 6.1 Web EHR
Patient Records Requests: What You Need to Know
Blog: How Patient Records Can Assist Mental Health Services
By Dr Gabriel Ma, Clinical Lead at BridgeHead Software You’re unlikely to be surprised at how many times I hear this when I am talking with healthcare organizations. And, it should bring a sense of relief. That is until I ask my standard follow up questions: “When did you last TEST your backups?” and “When …
Patients much likelier to choose hospital that employs their doctor
When patients have to go to the hospital, they're likely to choose a facility that employs their doctor, a new study suggests. The study, which finds that patients of independent doctors often choose low-cost and high-quality hospitals, hints that not all organizations are successfully integrating care.
How to solve the core problem of patient record matching
Higher level technology is needed to better match records and thus improve the continuity and quality of care.
How Hospitals Can Partner with, Engage Patients and Families to Improve Care
Use this comprehensive list of resources to develop and implement your patient engagement strategies.
3 Ways Obamacare Is Changing How A Hospital Cares For Patients
For the first time, doctors have a financial incentive to keep patients out of the hospital. That's leading to some interesting changes.
7 tips for improving patient safety in hospitals
An AHRQ report shows hospital efforts to improve patient safety have resulted in about $19.8 billion in cost savings.
How Hospitals Are Approaching Content Marketing
Content - Nearly two-thirds (73%) of hospitals in the United States are already engaging in content marketing, and an additional 19% plan to start this year, according to recent research from True ...
Hospital Errors and How to Protect Yourself
Americans are dying in hospitals from preventable medical mistakes. But, patients can minimize their risks by keeping a close eye on their care.
What Yelp can tell you about a hospital that official ratings can’t
If you've ever taken the time to give Yelp your two cents about a hospital, you'll be happy to know someone's listening and that they've deemed the information not only useful -- but unique.
Unauthorised Access to Patient Records: 5 Questions
If there's a famous person admitted to your hospital, are you tempted to look at their medical records?
4 Tips for Transitioning from Hospital or Rehab to Home
I’ve recently been helping a friend who has been managing her mother’s transitions from a hospital to a rehab facility and then to another rehab facility that now wants to send her home before she, or her family, is ready. It reminded me of how tough family caregiving transitions can be. I’ve been through so many of them with my parents and my sister — some smooth, others unexpected and rocky. As a study in the American Journal of Nursing found, …
Your elderly parent is home from the hospital. What happens next?
Many families step up to give care, but the demands on them get little attention.
Hospitals provide much more than health care
Gundersen Health System and Mayo Clinic Health System provide quality medical care to patients.
How hospitals are improving heart attack care, survival
In order to continue improving survival and prevention of heart damage, potential heart attack victims need to take action more quickly, heart experts said.
How 3 hospitals use Periscope for patient engagement
Several hospitals are blazing trails with Twitter’s live-streaming platform. Let’s look at how three providers are delivering health and wellness to patients via real-time video.
Patients are not customers. Here are 6 reasons why.
The patient is a person, not a customer. We must approach each patient with humanity, not customer service.
What hospitals need to improve patient experience: Real-time point of care data
Beyond HCAHPS: CXOs are looking for technology to offer better patient experience as a competitive differentiator.
How to Build a Successful Acute/Post-Acute Care Continuum
Hospitals are forming networks with post-acute care and continuing care partners to ensure quality across the continuum.
