Did You Know This About PPID?
What's the status of ensuring positive patient identification (PPID) at hospitals across the nation? A feature article in the upcoming January 2008 print edition of ADVANCE offers some insight.
(The issue will print and mail Jan. 9.)
From experience in dealing directly with more than 20 percent of all hospitals in the United States, InfoLogix estimates about 65 percent of health care organizations do not have in place an automated system for ensuring PPID.