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  • Ohio State Study Confirms Value of Virtual Care in Suicide Prevention

    In a randomized clinical trial of 96 patients between 2021 and 2023 with recent suicidal ideation or suicidal behavior, counselors using brief cognitive behavioral therapy via telehealth were able to cut suicide attempts by 41% compared to present-centered therapy.

  • ‘We Need to Say That This Is a Crisis’: How CMOs Can Address Obesity

    According to the journal article, which was published by The Lancet, nearly three-quarters of the U.S. population aged 25 and older were overweight or obese in 2021. “Without immediate action,” 80% of the adult U.S. population will be overweight or obese by 2050, the journal article’s co-authors wrote.

  • What Happened to the Nursing Workforce?

    Today, workforce growth and development are still the greatest challenges facing nurse leaders everywhere, and the old strategies are no longer working. Even though many are working on creative fixes, health systems are still in dire need of solutions that improve both recruitment and retention.

  • How Nurses Can Lead Innovation

    Health systems everywhere are experimenting with several new innovations, all with the goal of streamlining processes and removing unnecessary burdens from nurses and physicians alike.

  • How to Provide Value-Based Acute Care in the Home

    Since November 2020, health systems and hospitals have been providing acute care in the home setting through the Acute Hospital Care at Home program under a waiver from CMS. Ochsner’s Acute Care at Home program, which was launched in March, does not receive reimbursement from CMS and serves patients who are participants in value-based contracts.