Coronavirus: Northwell’s 10-Step Recipe for Addressing Patient Surges
The health system, which features 23 hospitals and 800 ambulatory sites, treated about 20,000 hospitalized COVID-19 patients during the spring surge, says Mark Jarrett, MD, MBA, senior vice president, chief quality officer, and deputy chief medical officer at Northwell.
Survey: Nurses Have Taken on Leadership Roles But Feel Less Respected Than Physicians
A survey of 300 full-time nurses conducted by The Harris Poll on behalf of University of Phoenix between July 30 and August 11 found that 73% said that they had taken on more leadership responsibility since the beginning of the pandemic. Further, 78% reported feeling like other staff members looked to them as leaders.
PSQH: The Podcast Episode 15 – Precision Medicine and Improving Care Quality
On episode 15 of PSQH: The Podcast, host Jay Kumar talks to Dr. Joel Diamond about precision medicine and how it can help improve the quality of patient treatment.
Amid COVID-19, OSHA Issues Respirator Guidance for Long-Term Care Facilities
The industrial hygiene “hierarchy of controls” is a series of workplace safety and health interventions that begins with elimination of hazards, followed by substitution, then engineering controls, administrative controls (including work practices), and personal protective equipment.
Civil Unrest While Managing a Pandemic: Lessons Learned in Minnesota
Two hospital incident command structures (HICS) operated simultaneously—one to manage COVID-19 and the other managed the civil unrest response. Depth in each HICS position developed during the COVID response facilitated the transition of team members to the new HICS.
Researchers Explore Breathtaking Possibility: A Rapid, Low-Cost COVID-19 Breath Test
A joint development agreement between BreathTech Corporation, a subsidiary of Austin, Texas-based Astrotech, and Cleveland Clinic focuses on using a non-invasive device that will analyze breath samples to identify COVID-19 strains.
Review Policies on Cyberattacks as FBI, HHS Send New Warning
Hospitals are required under the Medicare Conditions of Participation (CoP), Medical Record Services, to ensure that “unauthorized individuals” cannot gain access to or alter patient records. Deficiencies can be cited under Tag A-0442.
Flu Shots Still Required but TJC Eliminates 90% Goal
Initiatives outlined in the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Action Plan to Prevent Healthcare-Associated Infections set the goal of a 90% vaccination rate among healthcare personnel. But in the August publication of the HHS “Healthy People 2030” goals, that 90% rate was removed, according to TJC’s announcement.
CISA, FBI, HHS Warn Hospitals of ‘Increased and Imminent’ Cybercrime Threat
In preparation for potential cybercrime threats, the three federal agencies urged Healthcare and Public Health organizations to maintain “business continuity plans” to minimize service interruptions, warning that without these processes in place, hospitals “may be unable to continue operations.”
Mayo Clinic Expert: Healthcare Leaders Play Key Role in Addressing Burnout
Last week, Liselotte “Lotte” Dyrbye, MD, MHPE, a professor of medicine and medical education at Rochester, Minnesota–based Mayo Clinic, was one of the keynote speakers at the second national Summit on Promoting Well-Being and Resilience in Healthcare Professionals. In her presentation, Dyrbye said there are at least 14 methods to address healthcare worker burnout.