Balancing Patient Consent with Patient Safety
By the EHR Association Patient Safety and Public Policy Leadership Workgroups
Navigating the tug-of-war between federal and state regulations has long been a challenge in health care and other industries. Now, with the ubiquity of health data creating both new opportunities and risks, that challenge has never been greater. This dual framework requires healthcare organizations and their technology partners to track and balance confusing and sometimes conflicting compliance efforts, adding administrative burden to the system as a whole and, in some cases, increasing the risk of adverse patient safety events.
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