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Clinical Advisory Board

Product  |  Clinical Advisory Board


Research membership providing clinical program leaders with forecasting tools and best practice insights.

Curbing patient harm: Will hospital engagement networks do enough?

February 27, 2012  |  Daily Briefing


HHS last year dispatched 26 "hospital engagement networks" to battle patient safety missteps, but experts question whether their safety improvement innovations can effectively reduce deaths and infections.

Study: Large hospitals are 'hubs for MRSA,' and patients spread disease

May 18, 2012  |  Daily Briefing


MRSA bacteria tends to spread from larger hospitals in urban settings to small, regional facilities by way of patients, according to a new study in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

Trauma patients more likely to survive without disabilities at top centers

May 16, 2012  |  Daily Briefing


Patients with severe injuries are more likely to survive and leave the hospital without a disability when they are treated at a Level I trauma center, according to a study in the Annals of Surgery.

Patient safety: treading water, at best, but IT solutions offer hope of improvement

March 20, 2012  |  Research Brief  |  Global eHealth Executive Council


GLOBAL EDITION — Learn how information technology can be used to effectively improve patient safety.

Ensuring Health Data Privacy and Security

January 13, 2012  |  Podcast  |  Health Care Advisory Board


Explore the legal considerations of information-sharing across the continuum and through social media platforms.

Nursing Best Practice Crosswalk

October 05, 2010  |  Decision Guide  |  Nursing Executive Center


Identify Nursing Executive Center resources to help solve your most pressing challenges and isolate solutions that can be implemented on a single unit or across the entire nursing department.

For Prospective Members: Reinvigorating Inpatient Care Coordination Infrastructure

November 16, 2011 Clinical Advisory Board


A complimentary webconference that will provide best practices in hardwiring inpatient care team communication and migrating from a focus solely on discharge to that of a safe transition out of the hospital.

EMR Benefits and Benefit Realization Methods of Stage 6 and 7 Hospitals

February 17, 2012  |  Research Brief  |  IT Strategy Council


Hospitals with advanced EMR systems report achieving a wide range of EMR adoption benefits, including clinical quality enhancement, patient safety improvement, and operational efficiencies.

Desktop Virtualization-based Support for EMRs on Smartphones and Tablets Poses Patient Safety Risk

January 13, 2012  |  Research Brief  |  Applications and Technologies Collaborative


Portable, mobile devices like the iPad and iPhone may offer the potential for improved physician adoption of EMRs and better patient care, but they also have the potential to increase avoidable medical errors. Find out why.
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