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Adoption of CPOE, IT medication safety efforts higher at 'Most Wired' hospitals
The nation's Most Wired hospitals, as recently recognized by Hospitals & Health Networks, are making significant progress in certain areas of health IT, according to the publication's 13th Annual
Patient safety 'fluency' requires more than language interpreters
Today marks the end of the National Patient Safety Foundation's annual "Patient Safety Awareness Week." It's a good time to review your policies and procedures around medication safety, infection
NYU automates pharmacy with robotics
Does robotics qualify as mobile healthcare? We think so. That's why we bring you the news, via TMCnet, that New York University's Langone Medical Center has retooled its pharmacy with advanced
U.S. lags behind in mobile health adoption
Regular readers of FierceMobileHealthcare should be familiar with the idea that basic applications like text messaging or even voice communications can be awfully effective in low-income parts of the
CPOE hard-stop alerts hurt patients
How hard or soft should a computerized physician order entry alert be? The answer seems to be a moving target. At first, soft order alerts were supposed to pop up on the computer screen to help alert
Study shows clear link between interruptions, medication errors
Patient safety experts for years have warned about the dangers of interruptions during medication preparation and administration. New research confirms this relationship, showing that interruptions
NQF urges greater leadership from hospital pharmacist
This year, when the National Quality Forum updated its manual on safe practices, it made an important change to its medication management chapter. The group is now urging that hospital pharmacists
