4sight Health March 19, 2024
When we last used this column to visit the topic of patient safety, things were bleak. In “Dead Patient Walking,” we argued that patients are at risk before they even receive care from such things as supply chain shortages, poor EHR systems, cybersecurity attacks and prior authorization delays.
If a patient can make it through that deadly gauntlet, they might have a chance to get safe, effective care and enjoy an optimum clinical outcome courtesy of their patient care team.
Then again, after reading through some of the latest reports and research on patient safety, maybe not. Let me run through a few of them for you.
Lower Scores on CMS Patient Safety Measures
In February, the Centers for Medicare...
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