AMA President Warns Physician Shortage is ‘Urgent Crisis’
The country is facing an estimated shortage of 37,800 to 124,000 physicians by 2034, according to the Association of American Medical Colleges. The projected shortage of primary care physicians ranges from 17,800 to 48,000. The projected shortage of specialists ranges from 21,000 to 77,100.
6 Ways to Reduce Length of Stay
Reducing length of stay cuts costs by decreasing the labor associated with caring for patients. Reducing length of stay also decreases the risk of a patient suffering an adverse event in the hospital such as a hospital-acquired infection or fall.
Military Health System Commits $180M to Telehealth Expansion
Federal officials have selected Amwell and Leidos to create a $180 million hybrid care platform that will replace the Military Health System (MHS) Video Connect program.
Should Mental Healthcare Be Considered Primary Care?
Pennsylvania-based Highmark Health is making that connection by integrating behavioral healthcare services into its insurance plans through the My Highmark digital health portal. The platform is supported by Spring Health, a New York-based mental healthcare provider serving more than 4,500 employers and health plans.
International Infection Prevention Week Resources From PSQH
As International Infection Prevention Week wraps up, we want to thank infection preventionists for all the hard work they do every day. And thanks to GOJO, the makers of Purell, for sponsoring the week’s activities.
PSQH Quick Poll 2023: Taking the Pulse of Infection Prevention Efforts
As part of PSQH’s celebration of International Infection Prevention Week, we decided to reach out to our readers with a few questions to find out the state of infection prevention efforts. The Quick Poll had a total of 400 respondents.
Telehealth Primary Care Visits Boost In-Person Follow Up
The study, compiled by clinicians at Kaiser Permanente in Oakland, CA, and funded primarily by a grant from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, sought to discern how well telemedicine addresses patient needs post-COVID public health emergency.
PSQH: The Podcast Episode 90 – New Guidance on Preventing CAUTIs
On episode 90 of PSQH: The Podcast, Dr. Payal Patel, an infectious disease physician at Intermountain Health, talks about new guidance on preventing catheter-associated urinary tract infections. This episode is sponsored by GOJO, the makers of Purell, as part of International Infection Prevention Week.
Human Factors Engineering
By Lori Moore, MPH, BSN, RN, MSCE Hand hygiene is an important evidence-based practice that spans across all hierarchies and disciplines. Despite the evidence and numerous guidelines for proper hand hygiene, healthcare workers (HCW), on average, clean their hands less than half of the times they should.1 When hand hygiene improvement efforts fall short, … Continued
Understanding Healthcare Labor Unrest in Three Words: Overworked, Understaff, Underpaid
The recently completed three-day walkout by more than 75,000 Kaiser Permanente workers—reportedly the largest healthcare sector strike in U.S. history—is technically over, but the issues that prompted the walkout, essentially staffing and compensation, have not been resolved.