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By Hannah Kuchler
John Kuhn needed to bare his midriff to hospital administrators to finally get out of a $20,000 bill for surgery that he did not have.
“I had to go in front of the billing department and the chief financial officer and pull my shirt up and show them I did not have a gaping scar on my stomach,” he says.
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Are you considering implementing an EPCS project?
There are a number of tactical steps that IT, clinical leadership, pharmacy, application/EHR teams, compliance/credentialing departments, and others must take together to successfully implement EPCS and realize its significant benefits. These steps can be organized into five key phases: assessment, preparation, testing, enrollment, and transition.
The following project plan provides the steps performed during each phase, including the suggested departmental owner of each task, to help you keep your EPCS project on track:
Blog
Even hospitals that follow strict rules and protocols run the risk of patient identification errors, the Healthcare Financial Management Association found in a recent report. Two sources create the most errors: overlays and duplicate medical records.
News
One N.Y. Hospital’s Prep Pays Off
News
It’s been nearly a decade since the Carolinas HealthCare System (CHS) deployed a patient-matching biometric program that uses palm vein scanning. The company began with Fujitsu PalmSecure in 2007, and that has evolved in the market to Imprivata‘s PatientSecure. CHS even created the original cradle that holds the scanner so the palm is not touching it.
Blog
Read the article to learn about the discussions of the reality of security breaches in healthcare, and outlined key lessons learned from the Hollywood Presbyterian ransomware attack.
Press
87% of healthcare staff are still able to access multiple devices and workstations concurrently putting patient records at risk