ABQAURP News December 2023
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Address Falling HCAHPS Scores with Better Communication Tools
As hospitals continue to battle burnout and staffing shortages, the need for advancements in patient/provider communication is rising so that healthcare teams can provide a better experience and improved interactions with patients.
Healthcare and AI: Enhancing Care Through Emerging Technology
These new large language models can be used to improve natural language processing (NLP), but NLP itself isn’t something new—it’s a branch of artificial intelligence that has been around for decades.
How One Health System Has Successfully Tackled Workplace Violence
A recent survey found that 40% of healthcare workers had experienced workplace violence in the past two years. Workplace violence in healthcare settings has several negative consequences such as care team members suffering physical and psychological trauma, according to the survey report.
Patient Safety Predictions for 2024
PSQH reached out to experts throughout healthcare to get their predictions for what will happen in patient safety and healthcare quality in 2024. Here’s what they had to say.
CNOs Tap Into Nurse-Led Tech to Combat Workplace Violence
Workplace violence is on the rise. And nurses, who are at the heart of care, are at especially high risk. In a 2022 National Nurses United survey, nearly half of hospital-based respondents reported an increase in workplace violence, a 57% increase from the rate reported in their previous survey in late 2021.
PSQH: The Podcast Episode 94 – How Nurses Are Leading Patient Safety Innovation
On episode 94 of PSQH: The Podcast, Patricia McGaffigan, vice president, Institute for Healthcare Improvement, and Dina Dent, vice president and chief nursing officer at Inova Health System, talk about the IHI’s nurse-led pilot rapid-cycle improvement program.
What Healthcare Leaders are Saying About Patient Experience
The need to focus on patient experience never went away. It became a lower priority during the pandemic, when healthcare providers had to address more pressing concerns such as addressing patient surges.
IHI Forum Kicks Off With Focus on AI, Decarbonization, and Equity
More than 3,000 attendees have gathered in Orlando this week for the IHI Forum, which officials say will mainly focus on three themes: the use of AI in healthcare, reducing healthcare’s carbon footprint, and improving health equity.
Patient Experience is Crucial to the Success of Hospital at Home
The crucial piece of the puzzle that could make this program sustainable is data that proves patients are healing better and faster at home than in the hospital.