Happy Patient, Happy Hospital: Increase Patient Engagement With Advocates
Advocates who work for hospitals and health systems help patients navigate the care they receive within that system, as well as any associated financial responsibilities. They do so for all patients, free of charge, as part of their in-hospital services.
Are Your Physicians Suffering from Burnout—or Moral Injury?
Research indicates that nearly half of physicians nationwide are experiencing burnout symptoms, and a study published in October found burnout increases the odds of physician involvement in patient safety incidents, unprofessionalism, and lower patient satisfaction.
Press Ganey Report Outlines Steps to Achieve Patient-Centered Care
The report, Accelerating Transformation: Translating Strategy Into Action, outlines a road map for creating an organizational structure to improve safety, quality, patient experience, and workforce engagement.
Exhaustion and Cynicism Drive Physician Burnout Increase at Mass General
The research published in Journal of the American Medical Association found exhaustion and cynicism were the primary drivers of increased burnout at Mass General’s physician organization.
Utilization and Communication are key elements to a successful UVC disinfection program
By: Alice Brewer In order to have a successful UVC disinfection program, several steps must be taken to ensure that a hospital maximizes its investment in the infection prevention technology. Among those include a bundled approach to infection prevention, a comprehensive program with buy in from all departments, communication and education as well as monitoring … Continued
Reduce Disruptive Nurse-to-Nurse Behavior With These Strategies
Disruptive behaviors among nurses have become so pervasive that the American Nurses Association (ANA) created a policy in 2015 in an attempt to reduce them.
Physician Groups: PAs and NPs Need Supervision
The National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants expects reform of scope of practice, supervision, and delegation of authority legislation to be a top trend regarding physician assistants this year.
Reduced Healthcare Competition Linked to Lower Patient Satisfaction
The researchers examined 29 quality measures in the Hospital Compare database at the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services from 2008 to 2015.
PSQH Innovation Awards Winner: Thibodaux Regional Medical Center Transforms Orthopedic Care Processes
In this article, we highlight the submissions selected as the winners of the PSQH Innovation Awards, including the top innovator, Thibodaux (Louisiana) Regional Medical Center.
Hospital-Owned Drug Company Aims for Transparent, Flat Pricing for Critical Generic Drugs
As healthcare organizations struggle to reduce costs and increasingly seek to include price considerations among the value they provide to patients, seven healthcare organizations representing more than 500 U.S. hospitals, together with three major philanthropies that have each committed $10 million to the organization, have developed what they see as a solution to the instability and unpredictability of costs for lifesaving medications.