- Blog: Hospitals struggle to provide consistent care (modernhealthcare.com)
Hospitals are increasingly adopting technologies aimed at reducing medication and other errors, but they continue to struggle with variation in the quality of care provided to patients and in adoption of safe practices...
- Leapfrog out with troubling hospital safety numbers (healthcareitnews.com)
Patients may expect cleaner than clean conditions in a hospital..In one of four hospitals across the country hand washing – the best-known way to prevent hospital infections – is apparently not a priority. "It puts patients, clinicians, and all health care workers at risk when hand washing is not a priority. Hospital-acquired infections kill about 10 percent of those afflicted…”
- Study links Prozac, Paxil use with birth defects (newsdaily.com)Specific SSRIs and birth defects: bayesian analysis to interpret new data in the context of previous reports (bmj.com)study...has found links between...Prozac and Paxil and birth defects, but has cleared...Celexa, Lexapro and.. Zoloft..
- Southern Nevada doctors push for mammograms after study says they don’t reduce breast cancer deaths (reviewjournal.com)
new study showing mammograms might not reduce breast cancer deaths doesn’t change the advice of Southern Nevada doctors who say women should screen themselves on a regular basis...“Mammograms remain our most important diagnostic tool to detect breast cancers at the earliest stage,...In Nevada, 1,700 women will be newly diagnosed each year, and 150 will die.
- PillPack introduces latest pharmacy disruptor: Mobile medicine reminder (drugstorenews.com)
PillPack..introduced its Medication Reminders mobile app..its the first health app of its kind to automatically import a customer's current medication list regardless of which pharmacy they currently use, and use geo-tracking sensors to create custom reminders based on location, activity or time to more naturally fit with people's daily routine.
- How to Personalize the Online Patient Experience (hhnmag.com)
Patients' experience of a hospital or health care provider extends beyond the physical walls of your facility: Your organization's online experience is also a key component of patient satisfaction. Personalization is a design approach that allows you to create deeper engagement and a more satisfying online experience for your patients.
- Pharmacogenomics’ Integration into Practices (pharmacytimes.com)
Daniel Kraft, MD, chair of medicine at Singularity University and chair/founder of Exponential Medicine, discusses pharmacogenomics' role in pharmacy practices.(video)
- Using IT to Impact Population Health in Rural Communities (hhnmag.com)
..public hospital districts in rural Eastern Washington have adopted an innovative technology solution that gives providers real-time data on patients with chronic conditions. The system not only promotes better care coordination, but positions the providers for the shift to value.(video)
- NABP, Alliance for Safe Online Pharmacies Warn Public About Rogue Online Pharmacies in USP Blog (awarerx.org)
majority of online drug sellers operate illegally and sell counterfeit medications that can contain toxins such as floor wax and road tar,
- See which hospitals made the 2015 ‘Most Wired’ list (healthcareitnews.com)
Out of more than 2,200 U.S. hospitals, only 338 made it to this year's Most Wired list, demonstrating some of the most advanced health IT use and adoption in the nation. Check out the full list of winners here. (interactive)