IHI Names New Leader
Effective July 1, Mate will succeed current president and CEO Derek Feeley, who announced in January that he was leaving the organization to spend more time with his family in Scotland. Mate is currently the IHI’s chief innovation and education officer.
Health Competencies: Beyond the Biomedical
Within the biomedical model, health professionals are probably among the most careful professionals in our society. They are not supposed to make mistakes, to have unforeseen events, or to be exhausted and worried; there is a strong emphasis on perfection, whether in diagnosis or treatment. In this demand for perfection, centrality operates through the health professional’s power over the patient in a relationship between the expert and the layperson.
What You Need to Know About the Utilization Review Process
UR nurses speak a different language than most other bedside nurses. In all settings, to justify payment or suggest an alternative status, the hospital UR nurse and the insurance UR nurse first discuss medical necessity criteria. If there is disagreement between the nurses about status and therefore payment, then the physicians discuss medical necessity during a scheduled peer-to-peer conference.
A 3-Point Strategy to Help Strengthen Nurses’ Resiliency
By Rhonda Collins, DNP, RN, FAAN, Chief Nursing Officer, Vocera Each May, I write a CNO Perspective report on a topic that’s top of mind for nurse leaders. Last year, I wrote about reducing cognitive load for nurses and other healthcare professionals. I’ve spent the past year speaking and publishing on this topic, and the … Continued
Eisenberg Patient Safety and Quality Awards Winners Announced
Gordon D. Schiff, MD, an internist, associate director of Brigham and Women’s Center for Patient Safety Research and Practice, and director of the Harvard Medical School Center for Primary Care Harvard Medical School, won the Eisenberg “individual achievement” award.
Introduction of Wireless Buzzer to Improve Efficiency in Gynecology Triage
There is increased nursing frustration due to students re-asking questions that patients already answered during nurse triage. Students interview fewer patients and often interrupt nurses due to not knowing the optimal time to arrive at patient triage. This leads to frustration and hindered learning for students while disrupting nurse and resident workflow.
ABQAURP News: Age-Friendly Health Systems
For older adults, healthcare can be complicated. They are more likely to experience duplication of services, multiple transitions between care settings, harm from medications, and lack of planning that incorporates the goals of patients and their families.
How Data Analytics Will Improve Patient Care
Big data analytics strategies are maturing quickly in healthcare, outpacing numerous other industries. The reasons for this are the numerous visible and immediate benefits these technologies bring about, measurable benefits that can appear within weeks of adoption.
How to Improve Your ACO? Just Ask
With ACOs firmly entrenched within the U.S. healthcare system, ACO administrators in recent years have focused their success and performance metrics on financial, quality, and care coordination measures. Yet an entire range of key performance data is also available from ACOs’ most readily accessible information resource: their patients.
Problem-Solving in Prevention of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus in Older People
Health literacy plays a key role in the management, control, and prevention of disease in general. However, it is of particular importance in diabetes, due to both the disease’s chronicity and its effect on quality of life. Effectively, health literacy levels directly influence overall quality of life, especially in the elderly population.