Jun

2018

Patient record security is everyone’s job

Growing a culture of privacy

Within the first few weeks of Australia’s legislation around Notifiable Data Breaches (NDB) a total of 63 notices were received, and with the highest percentage occurring in the healthcare sector. Acting Privacy Commissioner Angelene Falk said that half of the breaches were due to human error. Jeff Smoot writes about NDB's and the cultural shift required to ensure better outcomes.

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Number of views (4770)

Categories: Insights

Tags: HL7, Security & Data Breaches

22

Jul

2015

A Clinical Information Gap: Transferring patients from Residential Aged Care Facilities to acute care

Jeff Smoot - Global VP Sales and Marketing

Author: Jeff Smoot

There can be barriers to the transfer of elderly patients from Residential Aged Care Facilities (RACF) to acute care facilities that can complicate the process. One of these barriers is the fact that the RACF and the Emergency Department that the patient is being transferred to generally use different paper forms, Jeff Smoot examines this issue and others in the latest in Sláinte Healthcare's Insights series.

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Number of views (5089)

Categories: Insights

Tags: Residential Aged Care Facility, Connected Health

17

Feb

2015

The Healthcare Consumer Experience

Jeff Smoot - CEO Australia

Author: Jeff Smoot

Jeff Smoot explores how the Healthcare industry has become focused on and driven by the consumer. Over the past couple of years patient experience has rightfully become a stronger focus in healthcare delivery. In most developed countries consumer or patient advocate groups have formed, demanding a stronger voice for the consumer regarding the impact of health policy decisions.

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Number of views (6043)

Categories: Insights

Tags: Patient Care, Quality in Healthcare

25

Nov

2014

Residential Aged Care-Where is the Information

Jeff Smoot - Global VP - Sales and Marketing

Author: Jeff Smoot

Jeff Smoot writes about Residential Aged Care Facilities (RACF), how they are home to our most chronic, complex and vulnerable patients who are frequently on more than 10 medications and are recurrently admitted to Emergency Departments for treatment.

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Number of views (5247)

Categories: Insights

Tags: eHealth, Aged Care, Patient Care

16

Sep

2014

EMR Solution Platforms – Do they really exist and how important are they?

Jeff Smoot - Global VP - Sales and Marketing

Author: Jeff Smoot

Do EMR platforms really exist? Jeff Smoot explores whether traditional Electronic Medical Record (EMR) solutions can truly be considered platforms and the key piece of functionality that is missing.

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Patient record security is everyone’s job

Growing a culture of privacy

A Clinical Information Gap: Transferring patients from Residential Aged Care Facilities to acute care

Jeff Smoot - Global VP Sales and Marketing

The Healthcare Consumer Experience

Jeff Smoot - CEO Australia

Residential Aged Care-Where is the Information

Jeff Smoot - Global VP - Sales and Marketing

EMR Solution Platforms – Do they really exist and how important are they?

Jeff Smoot - Global VP - Sales and Marketing

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