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Quality and Safety

By Susan Morse | 10:43 am | June 03, 2024
Providers may delegate to Change and UnitedHealth the legal requirement for the HIPAA notifications, the OCR has determined.
By Jeff Lagasse | 02:43 pm | May 30, 2024
The highest-performers saw their overall scores rise 20 points, but the lowest-scoring performers declined eight points.
By Jeff Lagasse | 10:56 am | May 24, 2024
Initially, efforts with CPESN will focus on enhanced care services for Medicare beneficiaries living with hypertension and diabetes.
By Susan Morse | 10:45 am | May 24, 2024
One technology that's reduced both loneliness and hospitalizations has been the creation of an interactive TV studio.
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By HIMSS TV | 05:00 am | May 22, 2024
Making patients aware of medications that are potentially dangerous is important, but alert fatigue poses a threat to physician wellness and burnout, says First Databank director of product management Anna Dover and NCH Healthcare System CMIO Dr. David Linz.
By Susan Morse | 11:23 am | May 21, 2024
AMA and others want HHS to affirm that UnitedHealth Group alone bears responsibility for notifying patients of potentially stolen PHI.
By Susan Morse | 10:48 am | May 17, 2024
The cyberattack that brought down the Ascension IT Systems was "foreseeable and preventable," complaints say.
By Susan Morse | 11:27 am | May 14, 2024
No further information has been given on the ransomware amount or whether PHI has been compromised.
By Jeff Lagasse | 10:39 am | May 10, 2024
The model aims to increase access to kidney transplants for all people living with end-stage renal disease.
By HIMSS TV | 05:00 am | May 10, 2024
Actress, writer and producer Kellee Stewart says one of the reasons she became a fertility advocate and associated with Evite and Progeny was that she realized that reproductive health was not part of sex education at school.