In May 2016 The Joint Commission (TJC) ended its ban on text messaging for healthcare providers, stating that practitioners may text orders via a secure text messaging platform. Fast-forward to ...

Hospital policies regarding verbal and telephone orders may be insufficient, according to research published in the Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety. For their study, researchers ...

Our doctors want the nurse or clerk to take care of their computer order entry. They give verbal orders or say "You know what I want." Without proof that the physician initiated the order, are we ...

Patients are at greater risk of medication errors when clinicians order drugs in person or via telephone, according to the Pennsylvania Patient Safety Advisory, an independent state agency. It ...