PSQH: The Podcast Episode 126 – The Ins and Outs of Drug-Gene Testing
On episode 126 of PSQH: The Podcast, Kristine Ashcraft, founder and president of YouScript, talks about how hospitals and health systems are using drug-gene testing.
Why Is Healthcare Innovation So Hard in Rural America?
For small hospitals like Sparta, new technology offers the promise of improving care, but it can also rob the organization of its identity—a valuable commodity in rural communities where the hospital is often the biggest employer and the doctor is a neighbor.
How to Use Technology to Turn Around Staff Turnover
Virtual nurses at Ardent are rounding on patients, and completing intakes, admissions, and discharges, and they can come into the room at any time. The work that the virtual nurses are doing is cerebral, according to Campbell.
Using Text Messaging to Improve Patient-Reported Outcomes
Patient-reported outcomes have taken on increased importance as providers seek greater insights into the real-life impact of their treatments and services. When successful, these efforts can decrease the need for additional, expensive, and avoidable treatments and services.
Will This Summer Be Telehealth’s Last Stand?
But the six-month extension isn’t making things any easier for healthcare execs looking to plot long-term strategies. And while supporters are taking heart in the fact that Congress has consistently kept these programs in view, they also know that the cycle of kicking the can down the road has to end.
Addressing Burnout Through Education and Technology
Burnout took center stage during the pandemic as medical professionals began leaving the industry, but it remains a multifaceted crisis in 2025. What can organizations do to optimize their workflows, streamline front-office processes, and enhance the quality of care?
AI Is Saving Lives in Stroke Treatment
Healthcare access and treatment issues in rural and remote areas can mean the difference between life and death for people suffering a stroke. That’s why a consortium of healthcare providers in Alaska is investing in AI to improve the diagnosis and treatment of strokes, which kill about 140,000 people a year.
Patient Safety Awareness Week 2025 Resources
Patient Safety Awareness Week is coming to a close, but the focus on patient safety and healthcare quality will continue on as always. Here is a list of the content we ran this week.
PSQH Quick Poll 2025: Taking the Pulse of Patient Safety
As part of PSQH’s celebration of Patient Safety Awareness Week, we decided to reach out to our readers with a few questions to find out the state of patient safety efforts in 2025. This PSQH Quick Poll is presented in partnership with IAC, Inovalon, and Origami Risk.
Another Reprieve? Proposed Budget Bill Includes Telehealth, HaH Extensions
According to the American Telemedicine Association and several others, the proposed Continuing Resolution unveiled on March 8 keeps in place pandemic-era waivers on key telehealth coverage and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ Acute Hospital Care at Home program through September 30.