Morning Headlines 10/17/16
CMS publishes its final MACRA rule.
Faulty ID methods led to surgical error at St. Vincent Hospital
Substandard patient identification procedures at St Vincent Hospital (MA) are being blamed after surgeons accidently remove the wrong kidney from a cancer patient receiving treatment at the hospital.
New e-health record system to debut at Fairchild
A local paper covering the DoD’s Cerner rollout at a hospital on Fairchild Air Force Base notes that Cerner will interface with, rather than replace, many of the legacy systems currently in use.
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