Safety Issues news from FierceHealthIT
NewsIOM proposes new agency to oversee health IT safety
As concern over health IT-related safety issues mounts, the Institute of Medicine (IOM) has proposed the creation of a new watchdog agency to monitor these problems. This agency would investigate Read more...
Leapfrog displeased by low CPOE adoption rates
In the past, we've noted here that Leapfrog Group is taking CPOE very seriously. Now, the group has set out to find out whether anyone was listening. Apparently, not enough facilities have gotten the Read more...
Study: Bar codes may not fix medication mistakes
While bar codes have been touted as the ideal solution to medication mistakes, it appears that they aren't nearly as effective as advocates had hoped. That, at least, is the conclusion drawn by the Read more...
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