Highlighting the Value of Care Coordination
As the shift to value-based care continues to accelerate, providers are looking for ways to streamline referrals, ensure alignment between primary care and specialists, and control network leakage.
Telehealth and Remote Monitoring: Shaping the Future of Patient Care
Few people fully understand or appreciate how telehealth defines the care landscape today. It’s even more unknown how telehealth will shape the future of healthcare. This article aims to put it all into perspective with an overview of the current state of telehealth, its benefits, and the technological innovations driving its growth.
Few people fully understand or appreciate how telehealth defines the care landscape today. It’s even more unknown how telehealth will shape the future of healthcare. This article aims to put it all into perspective with an overview of the current state of telehealth, its benefits, and the technological innovations driving its growth.
Between the Hospital and the Street: Addressing a Crucial Gap in Care
The organization addresses a significant care gap for health systems and hospitals who see these patients in their Emergency Departments and ICUs—and who often discharge them to an uncertain care landscape.
PSQH: The Podcast Episode 111 – The Need for Workplace Violence Prevention Training in Healthcare
On episode 111 of PSQH: The Podcast, Tony Jace, CEO of the Crisis Prevention Institute, talks about the level of workplace violence faced by healthcare professionals and how to improve training.
New Research Uses AI to Guide Radiation Treatment Protocols
In a study published in JACC: CardioOncology, a team from Brigham and Woman’s Hospital used an AI tool to better understand the risk of cardiac arrhythmia for patients undergoing radiation treatment for lung cancer. The results not only could lead to better treatment plans but also improve care for the estimated 1 in 6 patients who experience severe side effects, including death.
CMOs Should be Addressing Antimicrobial Resistant Pathogens
The spike in antimicrobial resistant pathogens was likely caused by the impact of the coronavirus pandemic, according to the CDC. Drivers of the spike include longer lengths of stay, disruption of infection prevention practices, and increased inappropriate antibiotic use, the CDC says.
The Perfect Pairing for Better Health Outcomes: Population Health Analytics and Nursing Expertise
For nurses interested in this path, the timing is ideal. The federal government anticipates a significant need for professionals skilled in digital healthcare, with the U.S. Department of Labor projecting a 10% growth in nursing informatics and related positions by 2032.
Targeting Telehealth as a Chronic Care Management Tool
The non-profit, which focuses on clinical effectiveness research (CER), announced more than $27 million in grant awards for three projects comparing care delivery via telehealth against traditional care methods.
The Exec: New CMO Places Premium on Patient Safety
The health system uses two factors to identify patients. First, the organization performs medication safety. Second, Oswego Health conducts infection prevention, fall prevention, and suicide prevention, as well as calling a timeout before surgical procedures to make sure surgeons are performing the correct surgery on the correct patient.
Ambient AI is Fast Becoming the Clinician’s Favorite Tool
The technology acts as a medical scribe, listening to the doctor-patient encounter and transcribing the interaction for the medical record. The finished product is available shortly after the encounter, enabling clinicians to quickly review and edit the information before it’s populated in the EHR.