News
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Leapfrog’s Hospital Safety Grades Show Improvement in Patient Experience and Infection Prevention
by PSQH, May 1, 2024
Hospitals are seeing improvements in patient experience and a decrease in preventable healthcare-associated infections (HAI), according to The Leapfrog Group’s spring 2024 Hospital Safety Grades.
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3 Areas Where Nurse Leaders Want a Seat at the Table
by HealthLeaders Media, April 29, 2024
From ensuring nurses have a say in the integration of AI into healthcare systems, to improving the public perception of nursing, to demonstrating the value of nursing to the C-Suite, a CNO’s work is complex. In times like these strategizing with peers is key, and that’s exactly what dozens of nurse leaders from across the country are doing right now.
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Understanding the Value of the Home as a Healthcare Site
by HealthLeaders Media, April 25, 2024
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has announced the launch of the Home as a Health Care Hub, a resource designed to help healthcare executives understand how to design programs that deliver care in the home setting.
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Researchers Use AI to Identify Healthcare-Based Outbreaks
by HealthLeaders Media, April 24, 2024
A four-year study in 82 hospitals across the US, recently posted in The New England Journal of Medicine, found that the automated tool reduced potential outbreaks by 64% compared to traditional methods of identifying an outbreak. The tool identified potential outbreaks, on average, three times per year per hospital.
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Automate Vital Sign Collection to Improve Outcomes and Combat Burnout
by HealthLeaders Media, April 22, 2024
Vital signs are critical indicators of a patient’s condition in the inpatient setting. Manual collection of vital signs is conducted about four times per day, which is often insufficient to determine whether a patient is decompensating, says F.J. Campbell, MD, chief medical officer of Ardent Health.
Events
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Industry Tuesday 05/14/2024IHI Patient Safety Congress 2024
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Industry Sunday 10/06/2024ASHRM 2024 Annual Conference
Analysis
- Improving Price Transparency in Labs and Beyond
- Debunking Common Misconceptions About Open-Source EHRs
- Survey Points to 4 Things Patients Want in a Mobile Healthcare Experience
- How to Improve the Education to Practice Gap in Nursing
- Encouraging Patient Awareness and Healthcare Practitioner Title Transparency on National Doctor’s Day
- Elevating Patient Safety Through Comprehensive Fall Prevention Strategies
- Reconsidering How We Verify Identities in Healthcare
- Studies Look at Innovative Interventional Radiology Techniques
- New Report Looks at the Present and Future of Maternal Care
- SHEA Weighs in on Addressing Measles Outbreaks