On average, claim denials linked to inaccurate patient identification or faulty patient information cost $1.2 million annually The Journal of AHIMA article, "Tips for Trusting Identity in the Era of ...
Endur ID, a Hampton-based manufacturer of plastic bar coded hospital patient ID wrist bands used to store electronic medical records, has reached a distribution and pricing agreement with the ...
Zebra Technologies has acquired LaserBand, a St. Louis-based provider of patient identification wristbands used by hospitals. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. "As a leader in patient ...
As part of an annual performance improvement review in 2007, Leisa Butler, RHIA, CPHQ, performance manager in the quality management services department at Self Regional Healthcare (SRH) in Greenwood, ...
The new DYMO solution combines DYMO Patient Identification Wristbands, DYMO labels and the LabelWriter 450 Twin Turbo printer to deliver versatile, efficient and cost effective print-on-demand ...
As digitization of the healthcare system increases, issues around data exchange and medical records exchange make patient identification more challenging than ever. In the absence of a unique patient ...
DAYTON, Ohio--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Long recognized for its patient identification leadership, Standard Register (NYSE: SR) Healthcare is now poised to make its mark in the United Kingdom (UK). Led by its ...
The first core area involved improving the medical center's culture and systems for using unique patient identifiers and wristbands. In 2003, the medical center launched initiatives to identify ...
Misidentifying patients can have tragic consequences. Numerous catastrophic cases and near misses have been collected by Patient ID Now, a coalition of health care organizations we are affiliated with ...
Hospitals across the country are exploring ways to reduce patient identification errors — a problem that poses serious risk to patient safety, undermines patient satisfaction and leads to revenue loss ...
A Brentwood-based maker of patient ID bands has filed suit in federal court here alleging that a West Coast competitor is infringing on its intellectual property. PHG Technologies, which was founded ...
Failing to associate the right patient with the appropriate action, referred to as wrong-patient errors, is a prevalent occurrence with potentially fatal consequences, according to a report from the ...