Faster Alerts Help PIH Health Transform
By Inovalon Manual infection tracking was slowing down the PIH Health team and putting patients at risk. At this community hospital in the greater Los Angeles area, infection preventionists (IPs) were still printing culture results, reviewing census lists, and determining isolation status one case at a time. Every decision required manual review, and every delay … Continued
Study: 75% of Nurses Say Understaffing is Jeopardizing Patient Safety
A recent survey of U.S. nurses found that patient safety is at risk due to understaffing and the demands of nursing are leading to burnout and mental health challenges.
Patient Engagement: How To Stay Connected In Healthcare
Strong patient engagement is more than convenience. It improves outcomes, strengthens trust, and ensures that care plans are followed effectively. Healthcare systems and providers are increasingly looking for ways to keep patients connected beyond the clinic visit, and technology is playing a major role in making that possible.
The Exec: 3 Ways to Innovate in Emergency Medicine
Innovation in emergency medicine includes creating new clinical care pathways, improving how a health system or hospital delivers emergency care, making care better and safer, and extending the reach of emergency care into rural areas.
What Healthcare Can Steal from Chick-fil-A’s Drive-Thru Playbook
Of course, the services we deliver as healthcare providers are a bit more nuanced and complicated than frying chicken. But still, are there lessons we can be learning from customer experience leaders in other sectors?
Evidence Mounts That AI Scribes Benefit Clinicians Including Decreased Burnout
AI scribes record an encounter between a clinician and a patient, then they produce a clinical documentation note for the electronic health record that can be used to craft care plans and provide information for billing claims sent to payers.
The Exec: Hamilton Medical Center CMO on Incremental Successes in Change Management
Beyond the strategy of pursuing change on a small scale, CMOs and other clinical leaders need to have stakeholder involvement and engagement as part of change management, according to Ricardo Perez, vice president and CMO of Hamilton Medical Center in Dalton, Georgia.
Improving Cognitive Assessments to Personalize Care
The study’s researchers provide evidence on how care teams can use person-centered tools to identify and track personally meaningful treatment priorities for patients at risk of or living with mild cognitive impairment, Alzheimer’s disease, and other forms of dementia.
New Technology Opens the Door for Faster Burn Injury Recovery
RECELL was developed to address a major limitation when a patient is severely injured. When you have to use the patient’s own skin to heal them, how can you do that better?
Waivers’ End Pushes Healthcare Leaders to Make Tough Decisions on Telehealth, Hospital at Home
Health system and hospital leaders are cutting telehealth and Hospital at Home programs following the expiration of pandemic-era CMS waivers, but that doesn’t necessarily mean those programs are gone for good.