Becker's Healthcare December 10, 2024
Mariah Taylor

Patient safety touches every aspect of hospital care, and every hospital can have tens of programs and initiatives that attempt to address each part of it.

Becker’s asked three leaders what initiative moved the needle the most in that regard in the last two years:

Jennifer Rose. Senior Associate Vice President for Chandler Hospital and Expansion and Performance Improvement for UK HealthCare (Lexington, Ky.): While the electronic health record has been around for some time now, the evolution and optimization over the past two years have had a tremendous impact on patient safety. Our teams have focused on how to best leverage the EHR for safe patient care, including compliance with barcode medication administration, a process that ensures we are...

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Topics: Health System / Hospital, Healthcare System, Patient / Consumer, Provider, Safety
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