Patient Data Management/ePCR
The patient data management/ePCR topic section covers recent news, articles, features and videos on how to properly manage patient data and ePCR information.
The Legal Guardian answers a reader’s question about legal liability for his partner’s inaccurate and poorly written patient care narratives
Colorado Springs, Sacramento and Richmond: Integrating analytics into decision-making to enhance patient outcomes, personnel support and sustainable operations
Harris County ESD11 Mobile Healthcare developed 10 commandments to set initial expectations while onboarding 200 paramedics
The company recommended the use of surgical masks for lower risk calls in order to preserve the supply of respirators
The Office for Civil Rights has ambulance services on its radar
Three bi-directional ways that data integration will positively impact the EMS industry
The settlement stems from a 2012 incident of an unencrypted laptop falling from the back of an ambulance
Can police, fire and EMS overcome the challenges we faced in the 2010s to prosper in the 2020s?
Don’t let your agency get behind – here are steps you can take to rethink your tech strategy
The system generates patient care records based on paramedics’ motions through wearable sensors
The center also agreed to take substantial corrective action after protected health information was disclosed in separate 2013 and 2017 breaches
Big data is readily available to EMS leaders to capture, review and apply to making change to improve patient outcomes in every community
A closed-loop, full-spectrum and comprehensive health information exchange validates the difference EMS makes for patient outcomes
Automated data sharing has the potential to provide insight into efficiencies, reducing errors and redundancies, resulting in better, faster patient care
The goal of the Heads Up program is to decrease the unknowns while responding to an emergency call
Educate partners and update CPR protocols while considering how to deploy a mechanical CPR device in the field
The tool can detect agonal breathing 97% of the time and researchers hope to make it into an app
In addition to his jail sentence, Donald Horner forfeits his EMT certification and must reimburse the insurance companies
Our co-hosts discuss the three techniques EMS providers should use to determine if a patient has the mental capacity to decline medical treatment
When every moment matters, Tyler Technologies’ New World CAD gets critical information where it needs to go
Manifest MedEx has been selected for a $4.9 million grant by the Emergency Medical Services Authority to connect EMS services to California’s real-time health data exchange
Austin-based ESO said the purchase of eCore Software extends the breadth of ESO’s product portfolio
In its second year, the benchmark report based on EMS national data digs deeper into five key metrics and adds two additional measures
New York EMS volunteers swap paper reports for digital documentation
The annual workshop brings together care providers and billing professionals to “emphasize care beyond transport”
Our co-hosts sit down with Dr. James Woodson, founder and CEO of Pulsara, who discusses the importance of communication and documentation when it comes to patient care
Data visualization illuminates patterns and connections, allowing providers to tell a story and direct actions to improve care and performance
Create a safe and affirming environment for all patients by knowing and calling patients by their preferred name and pronouns
Integrate data from EMS, fire and law enforcement to identify trends and community needs across disciplines
The shift to electronic documentation demands a shift in ePCR documentation practices
A report from ESO found that most opioid overdoses are unintentional and involve illicit drugs, and many overdose patients are interested in rehabilitation
