The proximity of two occurrences, the well-publicized Equifax breach and the less well-publicized Experian announcement that it intends to take on the unique patient identifier challenge, should ...

LAS VEGAS – After more than 20 years of working toward the creation of a national patient identifier, Tom Leary, senior vice president of Government Relations for HIMSS, is very optimistic about the ...

A California hospital misidentified a patient and harvested his organs, though he had never agreed to donate them. A Rhode Island hospital misidentified a suspect police brought to its emergency room ...

Hospitals’ methods for gathering patient information remain largely imprecise, which can lead to costly, long-lasting ramifications on hospital finances downstream. Many hospitals largely rely on ...

Lucknow: Lack of hands-on training is causing delays in important patient checks in emergency rooms. Nurses are often unable ...

Patient misidentification continues to pose a persistent safety risk throughout the NHS, yet it remains inadequately acknowledged and researched, a healthcare safety watchdog has warned. A new report ...