Understanding the Value of the Home as a Healthcare Site
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.
Closing the Disparity Gap for Disabled Patients
A new proposed rule by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is intended to battle healthcare discrimination for disabled Americans. This update in focus has highlighted the need for improvements in training to enable better outcomes for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
Patient Safety Predictions for 2024
PSQH reached out to experts throughout healthcare to get their predictions for what will happen in patient safety and healthcare quality in 2024. Here’s what they had to say.
IHI Forum Kicks Off With Focus on AI, Decarbonization, and Equity
More than 3,000 attendees have gathered in Orlando this week for the IHI Forum, which officials say will mainly focus on three themes: the use of AI in healthcare, reducing healthcare’s carbon footprint, and improving health equity.
How to Address the Relationship Between Health Equity and Patient Safety
Health equity has become a top priority for healthcare providers nationwide. Last year, health equity was added as the Quintuple Aim for healthcare providers. In 2008, the Triple Aim for healthcare improvement was introduced, featuring improvement of population health, enhancement of the care experience, and reduction of costs. In 2014, the Quadruple Aim for healthcare improvement was created with the addition of workforce well-being as a fourth element to address healthcare worker burnout.
Aligning Community School District Initiatives with Healthcare
School districts need to think outside the box and look for innovative, cost-effective healthcare solutions. Fortunately, telehealth services and revolutionary healthcare companies are developing more efficient ways to do that.
Program Aims to Impact Public Health Through Informatics Training
The program teaches students how to analyze data about and for their communities. The goal is to have students identify and work to resolve a national blind spot to get ahead of the next pandemic and lift the quality of data collection throughout the entire industry.
PSQH: The Podcast Episode 88 – Providing Safe Care for Transgender and Gender-Nonconforming Patients
On episode 88 of PSQH: The Podcast, Nassim Bickham, VP of Care Transformation at TimelyCare, talks about the need for safe care environments for transgender and gender-nonconforming patients.
Improving Access to Primary Care Through Innovation
Burnout and staffing shortages continue to hit healthcare organizations hard even three years after the start of COVID-19. In a new report from the Larry A. Green Center and Primary Care Collaborative, 80% of respondents felt that the current workforce was too small to serve their patients’ needs.
Addressing the Health Equity Concerns Surrounding Obesity
The numbers aren’t getting better, either: The attrition rate for providers leaving healthcare increased along with burnout during the COVID-19 pandemic, and there simply are not enough of these highly trained professionals to keep up with the turnover.