Globally, medication errors and diversion have a significant economic impact, costing hospitals, medical insurers, and the world economy hundreds of billions USD annually.
In the United States alone, medication errors cause at least one death…
The following is a guest article by Ronen Lavi, Co-Founder and CEO at Navina
As Paul Starr famously wrote about in The Social Transformation of American Medicine, the healer’s relationship with the patient was historically…
By Jill McKeon
May 25, 2023 – New York Attorney General Letitia James fined practice management vendor Practicefirst $550,000 to resolve data security failures stemming from a 2020 data breach that impacted 1.2 million individuals.
As previously…
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To integrate the third type of data, Health Gorilla joined forces with LexisNexis® Risk Solutions. Access to such data helps clinicians identify where a patient might be more likely to make a visit or…
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Tech suppliers and NHS providers need to work together to improve the sharing of information at discharge. They should begin by embracing the PRSB’s e-Discharge standard, writes Dr Nilesh BharakhadaAs a GP in North-West…
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GLP-1 drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy, which help produce insulin in users’ bodies and make them feel fuller for longer, are gaining national attention for treating obesity and diabetes. But they’re costly, difficult to…
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As one of the most common chronic diseases worldwide, diabetes affects millions of people globally, according to the World Health Organization. However, thanks to the rapid advancement of technology, there has been a rise…
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An addiction medicine practice in Fishers, Indiana, run by Dr. Bill Farr has in two years seen a cohort of 100 patients remain in his medication-assisted treatment program 94% of the time using a…
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By Hannah Nelson
May 16, 2023 – Non-interruptive EHR nudge interventions, such as changing choice default options, can help drive care quality improvement, according to a study published in JAMIA.
Interruptive clinical decision support (CDS) interventions can…
PharMerica and its parent company, BrightSpring Health Services, Inc., disclosed it learned of suspicious activity on its computer network on March 14 and an internal investigation determined the unknown third party accessed computer systems…
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