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Movies and Medical Records
November 3, 2009 8:30 AM by Mark McGraw

It's movie night, and you're not interested in subtitles or surrealism. Maybe next week you'll go for the one with the "Winner: Best Foreign Language Film, 2008 Venice Film Festival" sticker on it. But tonight you're in the mood for a poorly acted and Read More...

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Standardizing Patient Wristbands
June 11, 2008 8:30 AM by Frank Irving

At a news conference June 9 in Harrisburg, Pa., State Rep. John Payne (Dauphin County) and the Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority announced a pilot project in which 11 hospitals will use a standardized color-coding system for patient wristbands. The Read More...

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DoD Centralizes Health Surveillance Efforts
March 24, 2008 11:58 AM by Frank Irving

Earlier this month, the Department of Defense (DoD) formally established the Armed Forces Health Surveillance Center (AFHSC). The move recognized health surveillance as being critical to medical readiness and force health protection. "One of the critical Read More...

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Did You Know This About PPID?
December 18, 2007 6:49 PM by Frank Irving

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 Read More...

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Did You Know?
October 29, 2007 6:52 PM by Frank Irving

An independent study about the total cost of ownership for mobile computing and communications platforms conducted by the Venture Development Corporation in June 2007 revealed that 72 percent of device failures in health care organizations are due to Read More...

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