Tag Archives: Patient Safety
ONC Releases Final Health IT Patient Safety Action & Surveillance Plan
July 10, 2013HHS has released its final plan to address patient safety issues arising from the use of health information technology. But putting in place a framework to monitor and then act on those issues remains a work in progress.One significant change, … Continue reading
Posted in ONC | Tagged EHR, EHR Adoption, EHR Implementation, Electronic Health Records, Electronic Medical Records, EMR, Environmental Intelligence, Health IT, Health IT Policy, Health IT Services, HHS, Meaningful Use, ONC, Patient Experience, Patient Safety | Leave a commentThe TMA Calling For a Federal HIT Safety Czar
March 5, 2013The Texas Medical Association is calling for appointment of a federal health information technology safety czar, while the American Medical Association wants to see more health IT safety research focused on systems in ambulatory care.The requests from the largest state … Continue reading
Posted in Health IT | Tagged Environmental Intelligence, Health IT Information Security, Health IT Policy, Health IT Services, HHS, ONC, Patient Experience, Patient Safety, PHI Data Security, PHI Security | Leave a commentCHIME Urges ONC To Focus More On Patient Safety
March 4, 2013The College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME) is urging the federal government to ensure that patients are matched correctly to their health information. CHIME said it agreed with ONC that, “the accurate and efficient matching of patients to their … Continue reading
Posted in PHI Data Security | Tagged Environmental Intelligence, Health IT, Health IT Best Practices, Health IT Information Security, Health IT Policy, Health IT Services, HHS, HIPAA Compliance, HIPAA Privacy and Security Rules, ONC, Patient Experience, Patient Safety, PHI Data Security, PHI Security | Leave a comment
