More than 77 million individuals in the United States have limited health literacy skills and will likely encounter challenges interpreting...
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Top 10 Patient Safety Concerns in 2017
Providing safe and efficient care is a priority for most healthcare organizations. One key component to successfully doing so involves...
New Proposed Rule for Quality Payment Program 2018
As the Quality Payment Program approaches its second year in 2018, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) are...
10 Best Practices for HIPAA Compliance
A failure to understand HIPAA requirements can be a very costly mistake, as CardioNet learned just a couple months ago....
The Importance of Healthcare Compliance Programs
Compliance and ethics are not just legal requirements in healthcare; they are also critical components to safe, quality patient care. ...
Is Nursing Engagement the Key to Reducing Medical Errors?
Medical errors are now the third highest cause of death, accounting for more than 250,000 deaths per year in the...
World’s Largest Cyber-Attack
Recently the world’s largest cyber-attack unleashed its havoc across 150 countries crippling more than 300,000 victims and hundreds of organizations...
Tips for MACRA Success
Despite the change in administration, experts say The Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act (MACRA) is here to stay and...
The Real Cost of a Data Breach
Healthcare data breaches are costing the U.S. healthcare industry nearly $6.2 billion each year. (2) In fact, healthcare has the...
Transparency and Patient Safety
Transparency is considered an essential element to improving the quality of health care. Without transparency, patients cannot make informed decisions....
$5.5 Million Breach Settlement: Second Largest Fine to Date
Last month, Memorial Healthcare System (MHS) agreed to implement a comprehensive corrective action plan and pay a 5.5-million-dollar settlement for...
HIPAA Audits of Covered Entities and Business Associates
In August, Advocate Health Care Network agreed to pay a $5.55 million settlement with the U.S. Department of Health and...