By Jay Lechtman, Senior Director of Strategy and Innovation, Healthcare at Riskonnect As published in RSAConference Today’s global health crisis is transforming healthcare delivery. While telemedicine isn’t new, the pandemic has significantly accelerated its [...]
Healthcare provider organizations were at the bullseye of the pandemic. As providers of care, a pandemic was something most organizations planned for. But the size and scope of COVID-19 still appeared to catch many off [...]
An incident reporting system that makes it easy to gather raw data on what is happening in your organization is a beautiful thing. Catchy icons, easy-to-navigate reporting, and advanced form-management tools, such as show/hide [...]
Four in 10 healthcare organizations feel they’re strong in patient safety, but a whopping 90% say there’s still room for improvement. Incident reporting is ground zero when it comes to improving patient outcomes. You [...]
It’s no secret that incident reports are a great means of improving patient safety. And the more incident reports, the better. After all, you can only learn from the mistakes that you know about. The [...]
Not so long ago, anonymous incident reporting was considered to be the best option for healthcare organizations. The idea was that more incidents would be recorded if the reporter wasn’t afraid of retribution. And [...]
As patients, we like to think diagnostic errors are rare, but the reality is they are fairly common. According to a recent Medscape poll, one in six physicians reported making diagnostic errors daily. Aside [...]
Data can be daunting especially for risk managers and patient safety professionals who deal with vast amounts of data from many different systems. Add to that the complexities of consolidating data and then transforming it [...]
Root Cause Analysis (RCA) gets to the bottom of an issue so that action can be taken to fix it permanently. By systematically peeling away layers of causes and effects, RCA identifies breakdowns in processes [...]
Healthcare RMIS software brings all patient-related data into one place, allowing for faster, easier, deeper analysis. It breaks down silos and establishes a common language for achieving a safer environment. Having all data housed [...]
Are you ready to integrate risk, quality, and safety through technology? Here’s a checklist of things to consider when you’re buying a healthcare RMIS. One system. Have one system for safety, quality, and risk information, [...]
Just imagine how much more effective you would be if risk, quality, and safety all worked together to improve patient care and minimize risk. No more duplication of effort. No more tunnel vision. No more [...]
