User-centered system design can help save lives
In my previous blog post, I wrote about the Nashville, TN nurse RaDonda Vaught who was convicted last month of criminally negligent homicide and abuse of an impaired adult after a medication error contributed to the death of a patient in 2017. In it, I described some of the circumstances leading up to the death […]
It takes a system to keep us safe
Last month, a jury convicted Nashville, TN nurse RaDonda Vaught of criminally negligent homicide and abuse of an impaired adult after a medication error contributed to the death of a patient in 2017. Nurse Vaught was not accused of ill will or malevolent intent toward 75-year-old Charlene Murphey. However, the jury found that she was […]
“Clickbusters” can bust more than clicks
I was fascinated by a recent article in the Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association (JAMIA) titled “Clinician collaboration to improve clinical decision support: the Clickbusters initiative.” The paper describes how a group of clinicians, informaticians, and researchers from Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) developed and executed a design to “improve safety and quality […]
Guidelines will rule the world
Everyone knows medicine is an art not a science. Sure, fine, perhaps everyone doesn’t know this, but it’s an accepted fact. Ok, maybe it’s not a fact, per se, but lots of people think it, so its veracity should not be questioned. Geez, people, here’s my final statement: some people sometimes say that medicine is […]
Houston, we have a data problem
Last year, Nordic’s CEO Jim Costanzo wrote about “healthier data, healthier people.” He noted that our electronic health records (EHRs) are missing essential information about what’s going on between infrequent visits to the clinic or emergency department, and he wrote about how this lack of data negatively affects patients. But it’s not just too little […]
Guide to interoperability for healthcare leaders
Healthcare leaders contend with many challenges. Controlling costs, responding to consumerism in the marketplace, staying ahead of changes and upgrades in healthcare technologies, and maintaining regulatory compliance are some of the concerns that keep leaders awake at night. Interoperability is a central element of all of these challenges.
Assessing the value of application managed services
Technology has the power to transform healthcare, but often technology challenges can feel more like barriers than enablers. As the number of patients and providers in an organization grows, maintaining a positive user experience and minimizing issue resolution times becomes increasingly challenging.
Better data and education will improve outcomes for LGBT2QIA+ patients
According to the most recent Gallup poll, 5.6% of American adults identify as LGBT2QIA+. The U.S. Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (ODPHP) has highlighted multiple social determinants that impact the health of the LGBT2QIA+ community, some relating to issues of discrimination by uninformed or intolerant providers. A simple internet search can tell a […]
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Our Mission Together: Healthcare and Digital Transformation in the UK
The modern UK healthcare system is facing challenges to meet the promise of fulfilling the needs of its people.