This content is sponsored by Imprivata. Patient identification errors jeopardize patient safety and result in costly and long-lasting ramifications for providers. The Joint Commission lists improving ...

FT WAINWRIGHT, Alaska - With the start of a New Year, many people are talking about New Year resolutions and while few people include resolutions related to prevention of identity theft to their list, ...

The COVID-19 pandemic has put a strain on many areas of our health care and public health system and laid bare existing problems that are exacerbated during this crisis. One such area that must be ...

CoxHealth is introducing new biometric technology to enhance patient safety and security — a palm reader, of sorts. Imprivata PatientSecure — a system that ties each patient’s palm vein pattern to his ...

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. In a ...

Determining the best way to identify patients statewide or nationally is one of the hottest topics of debate within today’s health IT community. We all agree on the importance of identifying patients ...

Bernard McDonnell, DO, a retired physician and current surveyor for Healthcare Facilities Accreditation Program, previously identified “20 Questions Surgery Centers Should Ask to Ensure an Acceptable ...

In a case that underscores the importance of one of the most basic patient safety requirements--correct patient identification--a male car crash victim allegedly was misidentified as a female cancer ...

Healthcare IT security company Imprivata is teaming up with patient matching firm Verato in an attempt to improve patient identification using biometrics. The collaboration joins the Imprivata ...

The Joint Commission released a new advisory covering how providers can ensure they collect accurate patient identification. 1. An active conformation process can help match documentation with the ...

Healthcare IT security specialist Imprivata is partnering with patient matching company Verato to use biometrics for improving patient identity management. The arrangement will see Imprivata link its ...

Duplicate and fragmented shared patient records are putting patient safety at risk and negatively affecting providers' bottom lines, costing the average hospital $1.5 million per year, finds a new ...