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VHIE Collaborative HRO CORE Presentation

September 20, 2022
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Interview with Sandi Mitchell, Claire English & Gay Stahr By Kayla Krawzyk Special Feature for the JPSys Pulse Newsletter reprinted for our blog. Sandi Mitchell and the Clinical Data Quality Team have been focused on the VA’s Journey to become a High Reliability Organization (HRO). Excitement rose when J P Systems, the VHIE Analytics and…

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Nursing Workflows and the Importance of Data Quality

May 13, 2022
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By Teresa Saxon, R.N.  Healthcare data quality analysis has many layers of complexity ranging from  discovery of anomalies  to how they are repaired. In simplified terms, poor data quality can be characterized by missing, miscoded or misplaced data in a patient’s record. Data quality is especially important in the nursing field since nurses interact with…

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The Importance of Immunization Reporting

May 2, 2022
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Vaccination records (sometimes called immunization records) provide a history of all the vaccines a patient has received. These records are important as they may be required for jobs, travel, or school. Immunization records are compiled by a patient’s medical providers consolidating their vaccinations and reporting them to Immunization Information Systems (IIS).  IIS’s are usually run…

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How to Prepare for the API Requirements of the Cures Act

April 9, 2021
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As of April 5, 2021, the U.S. ONC Cures Act Final Rule Compliance Timeframe is in effect. Healthcare providers, Health IT developers, Health Information Exchanges (HIEs), and Health Information Networks (HINs) will have until October 6, 2022, to provide patients with access to all their Electronic Health Information (EHI). There are several requirements that providers, developers, and…

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The Importance of a Nursing Data Framework

March 12, 2021
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By Dr. Luann Whittenburg, RN, PMP, FHIMSS   A Nursing Data Framework can give healthcare providers a way to garner business intelligence to save money and reduce risk by improving workflows, load leveling personnel schedules, and improving patient safety.  With more than 4 million nurses in the U.S., nurses are the largest clinical segment of the U.S. healthcare…

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