3 Areas That Illuminate a Disconnect Between Nurses and Health Systems
The 2023 Healthcare Executive Report is the first-ever public study of health system executives by healthcare career marketplace Incredible Health and reveals the challenges that healthcare organizations face.
Emergency Room Workplace Violence: Electronic Behavioral Alerts May Be Prone to Bias
In a poll funded by the American College of Emergency Physicians, two-thirds of emergency physicians and 70% of nurses said they had been physically assaulted at work in the prior year. Patients were perpetrators in 97% of the workplace violence incidences in the poll. The poll found hitting, spitting, and punching were the most common kinds of physical assaults.
AI Could Match Patients With Clinical Trials
The survey of 58 payer and provider senior executives — many of whom specialize in AI and analytics, and more than half of whom work at larger hospitals and academic medical centers — was compiled in February and published this week in a CCM report.
New Survey Sheds Light on Workplace Violence in Healthcare Settings
The recent survey, which was conducted by Premier Inc. and the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, features data collected from 672 clinical healthcare workers, healthcare administrative workers, and healthcare security personnel. The survey was conducted from Feb. 1 to April 14.
Will a ‘National Patient Safety Board,’ Modeled After the NTSB, Actually Fly?
Two measures are underway to create a safety board: A bill filed in the U.S. House in December by Rep. Nanette Diaz Barragán (D-Calif.), which is expected to be refiled this session, calls for the creation of a board to help federal agencies monitor safety events, identify conditions under which problems occur, and suggest preventive measures.
IHI Chief Reflects on Launch of New Coalition to Promote Health Equity
The Rise to Health Coalition is a nationwide initiative co-led by IHI and the American Medical Association. The Rise to Health Coalition has three primary goals.
Nearly 80% of Nurses Have Seen or Experienced Workplace and Nursing School Discrimination
RWJF examined nurses’ experiences and perceptions of racism and discrimination in both healthcare settings and nursing schools through a nationwide survey of nearly 1,000 nurses from March 2022 through April 2022 conducted by research organization NORC at the University of Chicago.
PSQH: The Podcast Episode 80 – The Ongoing Problem of Cybersecurity in Healthcare
On episode 80 of PSQH: The Podcast, Grant Gibson, executive vice president of CIBR Ready, talks about the current state of cybersecurity in healthcare.
OSHA Cites Workplace Violence at Columbus Children’s Hospital
The hospital failed to protect employees, including nurses and mental health professionals, from patients whose bites, kicks, punches, and other assaults caused serious injuries, according to OSHA. The agency cited the Big Lots Behavioral Health Pavilion with one serious violation and one other-than-serious violation.
COVID Vaccinations Officially Not Required
CMS issued a final rule May 31 officially rescinding the regulatory requirement to vaccinate healthcare staff in hospitals and other health organizations against the COVID-19 virus.