Quality and Safety
Despite expert guidance on tracking blood loss and high blood pressure, hospitals are lagging behind in adopting life-saving practices, report says.
EHRs and other technological solutions and clinical tools change providers' minds resulting in better and more consistent care, expert says.
High-performing NICUs have eight critical factors in common, say researchers, and quality collaboratives have played a part in their improvement.
Communication, technology and referral management will drive success in combating opioid abuse, the Medical Group Management Association says.
Organizations are each expanding services to address non-medical factors that can have a significant impact on individual and population health.
Pilot test kicks off plan to establish armed guards at all Northwell hospitals within the next year as the system responds to staff demand, increase in workforce violence.
The authors say it's the first research of its kind that examines the prevalence of burnout in practices of five physicians or fewer.
The New York City health system created a program focusing on housing homeless patients that has already reaped big rewards.
Hospital-acquired infections hinder recovery, add costs for patients and hit hospitals' bottom lines for billions, Leapfrog Group says.
Of 1,750 healthcare leaders, 45 percent said they felt "burned out," while 28 percent said they were "somewhat" burned out.