PSQH Innovation Awards Winner: Holy Redeemer Hospital Improves Patient Outcomes with Antimicrobial Stewardship
The sixth annual PSQH Innovation Awards recognize healthcare organizations who overcame patient safety or quality improvement challenges. In this article, we highlight the winning submission from Holy Redeemer Hospital in Meadowbrook, Pennsylvania.
Improving Patient Safety & Quality Outcomes with IRM Technology
By Origami Risk A dedicated focus on reducing preventable harm and improving patient safety outcomes is essential to fulfilling the mission of caring for the health and well-being of the communities served by hospitals and healthcare organizations. However, the increased complexity of healthcare systems, struggles managing and analyzing vast amounts of data, increasing workloads … Continued
AI Coalition Pushes Forward with Governance Plans
The Coalition for Health AI, which formed in April 2023 as a collective featuring Stanford, the Mayo Clinic, Vanderbilt, Johns Hopkins, Google, and Microsoft and now comprises more than 1,300 members, recently unveiled its first CEO and board of directors.
Pressure Builds for Federal Intervention on Change Healthcare Cyberattack
The American Hospital Association has added its voice to growing calls for federal intervention in the Change Healthcare cyberattack.
Here’s Why Nurse Leaders are Leaving the Workforce
AMN Healthcare’s 2024 Survey of Nurse Leaders also says that 17% of nurse leaders will look for a new place to work, 9% will leave nursing, 3% will stay in a non-administrative position in nursing, and 1% will retire.
How Does AI Impact Nursing?
AI is currently being implemented in many aspects of nursing, including documentation, admission and discharge processes, measuring and monitoring vitals, and data collection and analysis. However, the success of AI varies, and depends largely on proper implementation.
PSQH: The Podcast Episode 99 – The Growth of Home-Based Healthcare
On episode 99 of PSQH: The Podcast, Brandy Sparkman-Beierle, Chief Clinical Officer at Homecare Homebase, talks about the growth of home-based healthcare.
How Physicians, Nurses Want Hospital CEOs to Alleviate Burnout
According to more than 20,000 physicians and more than 32,000 nurses surveyed for a KLAS Arch Collaborative report, improving staffing and aligning leadership with staff were the number one and number two solutions, respectively, for addressing burnout.
Virtua Health Launches AI-Enabled Virtual Nursing Program
The New Jersey-based health system is collaborating with care.ai to integrate its virtual care technology throughout Virtua Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital in Camden following a pilot program launched late last year in one med-surg unit. Virtua executives say the platform will eventually be scaled out to all hospitals in the health system.
5 Common Mistakes in Documenting a Telemedicine Visit
The report, prepared by the Health and Human Services Department’s Office of the Inspector General (OIG), analyzed $10.3 billion in E/M services billed to Medicare between March and November of 2020, of which $1.4 billion, or about 14%, were conducted by telemedicine.