Study: Telehealth Providers are Failing to Follow Up on Diagnostic Tests
A new study posted in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) by researchers from several notable health systems finds that diagnostic loop closures for colonoscopies, cardiac stress tests, and dermatology referrals were worse for patients after virtual visits than for those patients seeing their doctor in-person.
PSQH: The Podcast Episode 92 – Ensuring Patient Safety During the Medical Device Research Process
On episode 92 of PSQH: The Podcast, Korey Johnson, managing partner at Bold Insight, talks about ensuring that medical device research is safe for patients.
The Exec: Hospitals Should Embrace Huddles to Boost Reliability
One method for developing high reliability is through daily tiered huddles that involve staff from the frontlines to top executives. Huddles have been in place at the hospital for several years.
Team Up to Tackle Care Redesign
Health systems across the country are turning to a variety of tools and strategies, many of them centered on virtual nursing. While the emphasis is on making the most of the shrinking nursing workforce by reducing stressful workflows, these programs are also increasingly targeting clinical outcomes, ranging from reduced length of stay to improved monitoring and patient engagement.
NIOSH Campaign Aims to Help Hospitals Reduce Healthcare Worker Burnout
A new campaign launched by the National Institute for Occupational Health and Safety (NIOSH) provides resources for hospitals to improve policies and practices that will reduce healthcare worker burnout and improve their mental health.
Healthcare IT: Looking to 2024 and Beyond
Healthcare has always had a target on its back for cyber threats, but hackers have widened the scope of their attacks: not just looking at high-profile, high-yield targets like large hospital systems, but also turning their attention to mid-market and smaller systems and individual hospitals as well.
New Report Looks at the Future of Patient Safety
A new report from Sage Growth Partners LLC, Leading Through Change: Because Patients Deserve More, pulls together insights from industry leaders in hospitals, health systems, non-profit organizations, and technology companies to offer perspectives on patient safety challenges, improvement opportunities, and ways healthcare organizations can advance positive change.
Comprehensive Medication Management: Improving Outcomes and ROI
Experts point to a holistic approach integrating pharmacists into primary care teams and comprehensive medication management that assesses each patient’s medications for appropriateness, effectiveness, safety, and adherence. This whole person model leads not only to patient safety improvement and better outcomes, but improved ROI as well.
A Roadmap for Cost-Effective Management of Technology Solutions Over the Long Term
Technology investment choices are often challenging because of the lens in which the technology is viewed. Often seen through its end use, the cost of the technology can often overshadow the patient or clinical benefit of the technology. The end-use lens can also cloud how the technology works on a systemic level to improve the patient-family experience and improve patient outcomes.
The Exec: Medical City Dallas CMO Makes Patient Safety a Constant Concern
Risk management informs patient safety at health systems and hospitals, he says, adding that you must make sure that the processes you have put in place are followed and the clinical staff’s focus is where it should be.