On average, clinicians spend 28.2 minutes per shift searching for correct patient records, according to an Imprivata-sponsored Ponemon Institute survey of 503 healthcare executives and providers ...

1. Facilities can utilize patient identifiers in the preoperative area before entering the operating room, Christy Bingham, intra-procedural director at Traverse City, Mich.-based Copper Ridge Surgery ...

The healthcare industry continues to be plagued by patient identification and matching errors, some of which cause injury and death. The latest warning comes from the nonprofit ECRI Institute ...

At MEDDAC-AK, patients are encouraged to partner with us in the prevention of mistaken identity by making sure the two-patient identifier process is always followed for themselves and their family ...

Using two patient identifiers when providing care, treatment, or services is the safest way to prevent errors in all stages of diagnosis and treatment. UAB ambulatory clinics measure provider and ...

T he idea of unique patient identifiers (UPIs) could very well be reality in the not-so-distant future. Despite the current standstill at the federal level, other efforts to implement UPIs are very ...

The Joint Commission has issued National Patient Safety Goals effective the first of January, 2014 for hospitals. According to Physicians Practice, medical practices should be aware the following ...

Volunteers also help prevent medication mix-ups by checking that nurses identify patients using two unique identifiers, such as their name and medical record number, Ng said.

Record-keeping challenges mean patients are too often misidentified and given the wrong care. Technology may help with that..