How to Improve the Education to Practice Gap in Nursing
While employment prospects are strong—96% of new nurses find work, compared to 53% of new graduates in other fields—there is growing concern about how new clinicians transition from a learning environment to the bedside.
Encouraging Patient Awareness and Healthcare Practitioner Title Transparency on National Doctor’s Day
Now more than ever on National Doctor’s Day, it is important to recognize that there is a clear distinction in the training and qualifications of physicians compared to nurse practitioners, physician assistants or other healthcare practitioners, and you may easily be confused when you encounter us dressed in scrubs in the clinic or operating room.
Elevating Patient Safety Through Comprehensive Fall Prevention Strategies
The imperative for adopting evidence-based fall prevention strategies aligns with broader patient safety solutions, aiming to secure a safer healthcare journey for all, especially the elderly and those at increased risk of falls.
Reconsidering How We Verify Identities in Healthcare
The size and scale of data breaches worsens each year; December 2023 saw at least two multimillion-record data breaches reported. As new tools like AI grow in prevalence, organizations need to start changing the way they handle data to keep pace with ever-worsening attacks.
Studies Look at Innovative Interventional Radiology Techniques
The treatments, which will be discussed at the Society of Interventional Radiology 2024 Annual Scientific Meeting, look at innovations in treating prostate cancer, breast cancer, and uncontrolled post-partum hemorrhage.
New Report Looks at the Present and Future of Maternal Care
With maternal death rates at the highest among the world’s wealthiest nations, the U.S. is facing a maternal and infant health crisis. The maternal mortality rate doubled between 1999 and 2019, and according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, as many as 80% of pregnancy-related deaths are preventable.
SHEA Weighs in on Addressing Measles Outbreaks
With notable measles outbreaks occurring in different regions in the U.S., the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America is raising awareness about what health systems can do to prevent infections.
ABQAURP News February 2024
In 2023, the National Transitions of Care Coalition’s (NTOCC) Transitions of Care (TOC) Pharmacy Advisory Committee and its Sub-Committee on Value-Based Care & Outcomes created and sent out the NTOCC Transitions of Care Pharmacy Outcomes Survey to the NTOCC Community and their social media followers, including some ABQAURP members.
Giving Telehealth Its Due: How It Impacts Outcomes
There is a belief that virtual care providers are poised to establish standards of care that can even exceed in-person care, while helping hospital systems raise their quality and safety by strengthening existing teams, improving patient access, and ensuring patients can receive the timely care they need.
Closing the Disparity Gap for Disabled Patients
A new proposed rule by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is intended to battle healthcare discrimination for disabled Americans. This update in focus has highlighted the need for improvements in training to enable better outcomes for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities.