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21 Tips for How to Improve the Patient Experience

Walker Info - Patient Experience

The CX Leader Podcast Trends in Patient Experience Released: July 19, 2022 Listen to more episodes. Scheduling delays often occur for specialists or when conducting diagnostic tests. Even white boards inside hospital rooms give patients and caretakers an opportunity to communicate with medical staff between rounds.

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HIPAA Violation Cases

The HIPAA Journal

In 2022 and 2024, OCR resolved 22 HIPAA violation cases with financial penalties. Further data breach reports were filed with OCR in September 2019, January 2020, April 2020, and June 2022 that were also due to credential stuffing attacks, although the subsequent attacks only affected 484 individuals. The case was settled for $100,000.

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Build Safety Culture During Patient Safety Awareness Week

Relias

Patient Safety Awareness Week is March 13-19, 2022, so it’s a good time to ask this question and make an honest assessment of where you stand. One action you can take this week: Begin a regular, manageable cadence of 10-minute, one-on-one leader rounds with team members. How’s your organization doing in keeping your patients safe?

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Doctor’s Failure to Follow Up on Medical Test Leads to Large Settlement

Pulmonology Advisor - Practice Management

Ordering diagnostic tests is a standard procedure for physicians; yet if the test results aren’t reviewed and acted upon, what was the point of ordering the test? In February 2022, Mr W went to the VA medical center’s emergency department after experiencing chest pain and difficulty breathing. Some follow up on results.

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Digital Health: There is No Exit

The Healthcare Blog

Nonetheless between mid 2021 and early 2022 Jess DaMassa and I were reporting on VC funding in a show called Health in 2 Point 00 (later Health Tech Deals) and every week there were several deals for $100m and up going into new health tech companies. 2022 was worse and although one or two individual companies have recovered (Hi Oscar!),

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The Top 10 Patient Safety Concerns for 2023 Are About Social, Mental and Behavioral Health

Health Populi

The issue statement begins with ECRI’s noting, “On June 24, 2022, the Supreme Court held that the Constitution does not provide a right to an abortion, overruling Roe v. Here is ECRI’s discussion of clinician needs in times of uncertainty surrounding maternal-fetal medicine.

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The Needle—Peace Corps Zambia, March 6th, 2023

Sensible Medicine

In the summer of 2022, I boarded a plane with a one-way ticket to Zambia. My clinic is excellent: the staff are professional and well-trained, the patients are treated well, and we even have some diagnostic equipment. The screams were coming from my neighbors’ house, so I walked towards them. It was a grisly scene.