How to Avoid the Pinch of Pain Points in Clinical Care AI Tools
Despite the pressure to implement AI tools in clinical care, senior leaders at health systems must move deliberately to avoid unnecessary risk, a pair of experts say.
Combining Precision Medicine and Precisions Diagnostics to Improve Outcomes
Precision medicine and precision diagnostics are inherently linked, equal parts of a single, continuous system. And yet many organizations still treat them as separate steps, which can cost organizations time, money, and improved outcomes.
Containment Is a Governance Decision: Tissue Dissemination Risk in Laparoscopic Morcellation
In an era of heightened scrutiny around tissue dissemination and cancer risk, containment is not merely a surgical technique, it is a governance decision.
Are You Prepared for the Diverse Demands of Functioning as an Effective CMO?
Today, a health system or hospital CMO also needs to be involved in additional areas such as implementing an organization’s strategy, helping maintain financial sustainability, and workforce planning.
How Warming Tech from the Automotive World Can Help in Robotic Surgery
Gentherm Medical, a developer of innovative thermal management and pneumatic comfort technologies best known for partnering with auto makers, has designed a new product that combines air-free patient warming with a securement technology to help keep patients from slipping during procedures using tilt.
Leapfrog Ruling Raises Strategic Questions for Hospital CFOs
According to the ruling, the organization assigned the lowest possible scores on several safety measures when hospitals did not participate in the survey, a practice the judge said had “no scientific basis” and ultimately misrepresented hospital safety.
Increasing Perspective on ED Boarding and Patient Care
While retrospective reporting is useful, real-time, operational intelligence can help health systems get ahead of bottlenecks, anticipate discharge barriers, coordinate downstream capacity, and proactively reduce ED boarding.
AI-Enhanced Digital Stethoscopes Help with Early Detection of Heart Disease
The study looked at 357 patients age 50 or over who were examined at three primary care clinics using both traditional and AI-enabled stethoscopes. The technology was used to listen for acoustic patterns associated with valve problems and flagged patients who need echocardiogram referrals.
Joe DiMaggio Children’s Hospital Registry Predicts Risks for Cardiovascular Patients
Information collected in the database includes patient demographic data such as age and weight, patient circumstances such as whether a patient is on a ventilator, and types of patient procedures such as diagnostic heart catheterization. The data is then used to create a point system that produces a risk score for patients undergoing certain types of procedures in a cath lab.
Maternal Safety Strategy: Why More Hospitals Are Turning to the OB Hospitalist Model
New data from OB Hospitalist Group suggests that hospitals using a dedicated OB hospitalist model may see measurable improvements in maternal and infant outcomes, including reductions in severe maternal morbidity, preterm births, and C-section rates.