Best Practices for Patient Safety
The best practices for patient safety revolve around more effective patient identification procedures. This does not only ensure that quality care is given but protects patients from a wide range of potential mishaps and avoids health systems from significant financial losses. Visit: http://endurid.com
The best practices for patient safety revolve around more effective patient identification procedures. This does not only ensure that quality care is given but protects patients from a wide range of potential mishaps and avoids health systems from significant financial losses. Visit: http://endurid.com
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Also have patients read their wristbands upon receiving them. This checks that no errors have been<br />
made during the registration process in terms of identifying in<strong>for</strong>mation. Alternatively, patients could be<br />
asked to read the in<strong>for</strong>mation on the registrar’s screen prior to wristbands being printed.<br />
Photographic Evidence<br />
One way to help further prevent medical identification fraud is to have hospitals take photographs of<br />
patients during the registration process. This is already being implemented in other fields, such as<br />
banking and check cashing facilities.<br />
It takes just a second to snap a photograph. This can be quickly compared to a patient upon each new<br />
visit to ensure that nobody is trying to pretend they are someone they are not.
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