Topics: Patient Safety
Staying aware 365 days a year: The importance of clinical risk evaluation
Editor’s note: This is part four of an ongoing 2021 blog series focused on patient safety. Last week, Allscripts published…
Staying aware 365 days a year: Driving safe care with clinical risk identification and analysis processes
Editor’s note: This is part two of a blog series in recognition of Patient Safety Awareness Week. Patient safety is…
Staying aware 365 days a year: Strategies for improving and advancing patient safety now and in the future
The COVID-19 pandemic has taught us a lot in the past year. An exciting lesson learned throughout 2020 and even…
What can England learn from the rest of the world as it sets a shared care record target?
Richard Strong, vice president and managing director, EMEA, welcomes a new target for the NHS in England: to have shared…
Global lessons learned in responding to an unprecedented crisis – the next phase
As of Fall 2020, we’d seen 37.5 million COVID cases, and 1 million deaths, all over the globe. In these…
Creating efficiencies and improving patient safety through mobile solutions
The perioperative journey is comprehensive with many patient-provider actions along the entire continuum of care. As the healthcare industry manages
Patient privacy, healthcare and big data: A conversation with U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, MD
This is the fourth blog post in a series in which Leigh Burchell shares the lessons learned from conversations with
Will a fast-tracked COVID-19 vaccine be safe and effective?
As the adage goes, “So, what’s in a name?”, Operation Warp Speed (OWS) was coined in mid-May 2020 to name
Improving safety through usability measurement
This year World Patient Safety Day, Sept. 17, is focused on clinicians. The reason for this dedication is because clinicians
Improving patient safety is a team effort
When done right, a health IT system can improve patient safety and reduce user burden by better supporting clinical workflow
Celebrating a proud partnership built on improving patient outcomes
Springhill Medical Center (Mobile, Alabama, U.S.A.) is a privately-owned, full-service hospital serving southwest Alabama. At Allscripts, we’re excited to learn
Are your patients ‘Medical Distancing’?
An unforeseen, potentially unhealthy byproduct of social distancing is “medical distancing”. This refers to patients avoiding or delaying seeking medical