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Hospitals that arm nurses with bedside access to evidence-based nursing procedures and real-time step-by-step guides for clinical decision making at the point of care saw their Hospital Value-Based Purchasing (VBP) Program scores increase.

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The past decade has ushered in a new day for point-of-care clinical decision making, thanks to Meaningful Use and other regulatory initiatives aimed at improving patient outcomes and costs. By and large, most of today’s hospitals and health systems have invested significant resources into computerized physician order entry (CPOE) and evidence-based order sets to align with industry quality movements and incentive programs.

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In every hospital and health system across the country, the fight against infection is a priority for improving patient safety. Clinicians know very well the negative impact of healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) on outcomes.

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Accurate patient identification is a fundamental prerequisite for quality care, which is why resolving the long-standing patient matching challenge has moved front and center as a top priority. Not only is misidentification expensive, but it exposes healthcare organizations to significant risks from privacy breaches, fines and litigation.

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CENTENNIAL, Colo. – August 9, 2018 – Just Associates, Inc.,a nationally recognized leader in patient matching and health information data integrity and management, announced today that Robin Gates, RHIA, has joined its sales team. As vice president of sales for the southern region, Gates oversees business development for the firm’s comprehensive suite of data integrity consulting services and solutions.

Never events — serious, preventable medical errors that leave patients with debilitating injuries, life-threatening infections and worse — are considered mostly rare occurrences. But they still happen. Just over 20 percent of Americans surveyed last September by the Institute for Healthcare Improvement reported personal experience with a medical error and 31 percent said they were closely involved in the care of a patient who experienced an error. In addition, more than eight in 10 people believe patient safety is mainly the responsibility of healthcare providers, hospital leaders and administrators. When asked what caused the medical error they experienced, people identified, on average, at least seven different factors¹(see sidebar “Avoiding common medical errors in the OR” at www.hpnonline.com/avoiding-common-medical-errors).

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As the nation continues to grapple with the overprescribing and misuse of opioids, reaching a solution often feels far out of reach. According to the US Department of Health and Human Services, more than 11 million individuals have been documented as having misused prescription opioids, resulting in an alarming 116 opioid-related deaths daily.

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Inter Valley Health Plan Inc., a Pomona-based health insurer for seniors with Medicare, has hired Virtual Frameworks Inc. to provide its software platform for patient management.

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By taking a more patient-centered approach, CCNC crafted a more proactive care management strategy.

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MINNEAPOLIS – June 6, 2018 – LogicStream Health, a leading clinical process improvement and control software provider supporting thousands of frontline clinicians at hospitals nationwide, announced today that it received the 2018 MedTech Breakthrough Award for Clinical Efficiency Innovation. The company was recognized for its software-as-a-service (SaaS) platform and solutions, which help provider organizations instantly gain the actionable insights needed to reduce healthcare associated conditions, control high-cost medication spending, and improve patient safety and quality.

The concept of pre-emptively caring for patients before an acute condition escalates into an expensive and risky procedure is not a new idea; yet, patients are often treated for their illnesses at the point of serious intervention. This is largely because physician have lacked the ability to gather and analyze important patient data.

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