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Health IT Safety Leaders Address Changes Needed to Improve Integration of Behavioral Health and Primary Care
ECRI s Partnership for Health IT Patient Safety and the Electronic Health Record Association release five safe practice recommendations
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PLYMOUTH MEETING, Pa. and CHICAGO, Feb. 8, 2021 /PRNewswire/ New research by a collaborative of national health IT safety experts reinforces the urgent need for technology changes to enable safe integration of behavioral health and primary care. Integration between these two healthcare specialties offers important opportunities to improve patient care, says ECRI, the nation s most trusted voice in healthcare.
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PLYMOUTH MEETING, Pa., Jan. 28, 2021 /PRNewswire/ Hundreds of medical products have been authorized for temporary use in the past year to meet the unprecedented need for life-saving equipment and supplies during the COVID-19 pandemic. Today, an internationally respected patient safety organization cautions that meticulous management of these Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) products is crucial to protecting patients, healthcare workers, and hospital operations.
ECRI, an internationally respected safety leader, issues its annual Top 10 Health Technology Hazards report to guide healthcare leaders on safety priorities for 2021. The independent organization lists the complexity of managing devices that have been authorized through the Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) process at the top of its list. Visit www.ecri.org/2021hazards to download the report.
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