Medication Reconciliation news from FierceHealthIT
NewsSPOTLIGHT: How Partners HealthCare boosts med reconciliation
Health IT changes can help bring medication reconciliation adherence to 98 percent, according to Partners HealthCare, which includes Massachusetts General Hospital and Brigham and Women's Hospital in Read more...
Health data exchange, cloud computing among key HIMSS trends noticed by observers
HIMSS11 in Orlando, Fla., was notable as much for its timing as for its 31,000-plus participants--a new record--and the positive energy they radiated. The show occurred just as registration for the Read more...
Sentara uses dashboard to drive improvement with EHR data
What does a healthcare system with seven hospitals on an electronic health record and an eighth about to go online do with all that data? In the case of Sentara Health System in Norfolk, Va., they Read more...
'Most Wired' hospitals consider meaningful use a roadmap, not a destination
The Department of Health and Human Services was a couple of weeks late with the final rule for meaningful use of health IT, based on a self-imposed deadline, but that delay was fortuitous for Read more...
Siemens hires John Glaser to lead health IT division, updates Soarian
As followers of our Twitter feed and fans of FierceHealthIT on Facebook learned on Friday, Siemens Healthcare scored a major coup by hiring Partners HealthCare System CIO John Glaser to be CEO of the Read more...
Medco to pay pharmacists for closing medication loop
Pharmacy benefits manager Medco Health Solutions will deliver electronic alerts to pharmacies for patients who may not be following their doctors' orders and pay as many as 100 pharmacists in Read more...
How Beth Israel audits medication reconciliation
At Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, auditing medication reconciliation is a Joint Commission requirement, and also a pay-for-performance goal. In this article, John Halamka, MD, CIO at BIDMC, Read more...
| Press ReleasesHIMSS Webinar – “Aligning Patient, Physician and Hospital Priorities to Achieve Meaningful Use” – to Feature PatientKeeperOct. 17 online educational session will address strategies for successfully implementing clinical applications to improve patient care, drive voluntary physician adoption of technology, and prepare Read more >> HIMSS Webinar – “Aligning Patient, Physician and Hospital Priorities to Achieve Meaningful Use” – to Feature PatientKeeperOct. 17 online educational session will address strategies for successfully implementing clinical applications to improve patient care, drive voluntary physician adoption of technology, and prepare Read more >> |
