Everyday Wellness Emily DiNuzzoNov 01 This is what caregivers can expect from loved ones at each stage. Caregivers should learn all they can about the stages of Alzheimer’s sfam_photo/Shutterstock More than 50 million people in the world today suffer from the dementia of Alzheimer’s disease—and the number is expected to rise above nearly 152 million… Read More: The Stages of Alzheimer’s: How the Disease Really Unfolds »
Providers and payers now have access to a “threat catalogue” to help them identify adverse events that they’ll likely need to control. The project was developed by HITRUST, a coalition of industry stakeholders collaborating to better secure protected health information. The initiative aims to help organizations identify the adverse events that are most relevant to… Read More: HITRUST threat catalogue helps organizations identify salient risks »
Here is Health Data Management’s weekly roundup of health IT contract wins and go-lives: * McLaren Greater Lansing Hospital in Michigan has integrated the Infusomat Space Large Volume Pumps of B. Braun Medical with help from Cerner, its electronic health record vendor. Nurses send infusion order data to B. Braun’s pumps. Real-time data is then… Read More: New pumps at McLaren Hospital to reduce medication errors »