Health System CMO Shares Impact of Change Healthcare Cyberattack
According to an American Hospital Association survey, 94% of hospitals have experienced a financial impact from the Change Healthcare cyberattack, with more than half of hospitals reporting a significant or serious impact. The survey found the cyberattack has impacted the cash flow at 80% of hospitals, with 60% of those hospitals reporting an impact on revenue of at least $1 million per day. The survey also found that 74% of hospitals reported direct patient care being affected.
New Report Looks at the Present and Future of Maternal Care
With maternal death rates at the highest among the world’s wealthiest nations, the U.S. is facing a maternal and infant health crisis. The maternal mortality rate doubled between 1999 and 2019, and according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, as many as 80% of pregnancy-related deaths are preventable.
SHEA Weighs in on Addressing Measles Outbreaks
With notable measles outbreaks occurring in different regions in the U.S., the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America is raising awareness about what health systems can do to prevent infections.
Will the Change Healthcare Outage Prod Execs to Make Technology Improvements?
As healthcare organizations across the country assess the damage caused by the Change Healthcare outage, executives are not only looking at the financial fallout but also the technological repercussions. In short, what will health systems need to do to make sure this doesn’t happen again—or if it does happen, that they have the resources in place to minimize damage?
ABQAURP News February 2024
In 2023, the National Transitions of Care Coalition’s (NTOCC) Transitions of Care (TOC) Pharmacy Advisory Committee and its Sub-Committee on Value-Based Care & Outcomes created and sent out the NTOCC Transitions of Care Pharmacy Outcomes Survey to the NTOCC Community and their social media followers, including some ABQAURP members.
How to Decrease Behavioral Health Patients Seeking Care in Emergency Rooms
By offering a wide spectrum of mental health services, WellSpan Health has been able to reduce the number of behavioral health patients seeking care in the health system’s emergency rooms.
Patient Safety Awareness Week 2024 Resources
Here’s a recap of all the content we ran for Patient Safety Awareness Week. Thanks to our sponsors Avtec, IAC, and Origami Risk for their support of the week.
PSQH Quick Poll 2024: 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 2024. This PSQH Quick Poll is presented in partnership with Origami Risk, Avtec, and IAC. The survey had a total of 285 respondents.
Giving Telehealth Its Due: How It Impacts Outcomes
There is a belief that virtual care providers are poised to establish standards of care that can even exceed in-person care, while helping hospital systems raise their quality and safety by strengthening existing teams, improving patient access, and ensuring patients can receive the timely care they need.
Is Healthcare Innovating Its Way Back to Patient Engagement?
The HIMSS24 panel, titled “Moving Beyond EHR Engagement: Deploy Consumer-Centric Strategies That Truly Empower Communities,” took a closer look at how providers are making engagement work. They’re listening more to their patients, embracing remote patient monitoring, virtual care, wearables and home-based services, and targeting care management and coordination.