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With the surge in EMR usage, keyboards and PCs are used widely in clinical care settings. But unlike medical equipment and high-touch environmental surfaces, these IT devices are rarely subject to infection prevention standards. Studies have demonstrated that over 80% of these devices might have significant microbial contamination which may include nosocomial pathogens like vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus species (VRE). Coupled with low (40%) compliance with the CDC's guidelines on hand hygiene, these ubiquitous computers and keyboards can lead to cross-contamination of patients.

Lots of healthcare data moves electronically between payers, providers, and members. Unfortunately, a substantial percentage of payments between payers and providers are still done with paper—resulting in slower transactions, high administrative costs, and lots of process friction. Watch this video to hear a large national payer share the strategy behind their company’s success in getting providers to sign up for electronic payments and to learn how you can optimize the adoption of electronic payments by your providers using Change Healthcare’s Payer Enrollment Services.

Current research demonstrates only 23% of newly licensed RNs are able to think at entry level expectations. Additionally, 68% of errors made by nurses are due to poor decision-making skills. In order to reverse these staggering statistics, we must focus on continuing education to advance competency and use proven data to identify development needs and accurately measure progress towards success.

Following the ‘Delivering the benefits of digital healthcare’ the role of Transformation teams has become central to cutting costs whilst improving efficiency One of the reports key lessons was, “A transformation programme supported by technology is needed, not the other way round. This is the fundamental lesson that underpins everything else.” Winscribe and the Bloor Research team have come together to demonstrate how assessing a trust’s clinical correspondence processes against best practice, bench-marking & industry standard maturity model practices can highlight additional, significant recurrent savings.