On July 31, 2020, the US House of Representatives voted to repeal a ban on the use of federal funding for the development of a universal patient identifier (UPI) for every individual in the United ...
The first core area involved improving the medical center's culture and systems for using unique patient identifiers and wristbands. In 2003, the medical center launched initiatives to identify ...
The Joint Commission launched the Speak Up: Right ID, Right Care campaign Friday to educate patients on the importance of correct identification in healthcare environments. Proper patient ...
As data increases, patients want more connectivity, which “heightens the need for a unique identifier,” she said. Systems are being forced into exchanging data and becoming interoperable, but often ...
The American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA) has a petition going to remove a 16-year federal budget ban that prevents HHS from developing unique patient identifiers. Although the ...
A think tank that studies the intersection of data and public policy is asking Congress to adopt unique patient identifiers and improve data collection for the LGBT community. Those were two of the 10 ...
Misidentifying patients can have tragic consequences. Numerous catastrophic cases and near misses have been collected by Patient ID Now, a coalition of health care organizations we are affiliated with ...
It isn’t every day that the House of Representatives takes bipartisan action to reverse a policy that’s been in place for two decades. But that’s what happened last month, when Democrats and ...
Clinical Oncology Workload in Sri Lanka: Infrastructure, Supports, and Delivery of Clinical Care As access to cancer care expands in low-income countries, developing tools to educate patients is ...
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