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Article: An Eye on Safety
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- Healthcare Informatics
- Article date:
- October 1, 2009
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CopyrightCopyright Vendome Group LLC Oct 2009. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
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With patient safety a top goal, CIOs are embracing wireless monitoring systems that can provide busy clinicians with another set of eyes.
These days, hospital CIOs are under a great deal of stress. There's pressure from the Joint Commission to improve patient safety and reduce adverse events. It's a pressure compounded by the fact that Medicare no longer reimburses for costs related to preventable errors.
And it's not just CMS. Recently, payers have also started to refuse coverage for "never events" such as surgery on the wrong body part, hospital-acquired infections, and even patient falls and trauma.
On top of that, there are the constant demands to keep costs down and staff members ...