PSQH: The Podcast Episode 35 – Improving Infection Control in Vascular Access
On episode 35 of PSQH: The Podcast, epidemiologist Robert Garcia talks about the need to improve infection control in vascular access.
How Advancing Automation Can Improve Medication Management
Automation in healthcare grows more present all the time. In the pharmacy, robotics and other automation systems now help us maintain inventories, dispense medications, and reduce time, cost, and errors. Because medicine cannot operate through these solutions alone, maintaining the human connection remains a priority. But how do we balance human and machine for the best patient outcomes?
COVID-19’s Impact on the Point-of-Care Ecosystem
COVID-19 profoundly changed the point-of-care ecosystem. Business as usual was no longer possible, and healthcare organizations had to reassess the point of care in order to keep staff and patients safe. Making the best of an unprecedented situation, the industry saw new ideas, new workflows, and new technologies emerge, enabling game-changing best practices that are set to continue long after the pandemic is over.
I-PASS Reaches Major Milestones
I-PASS has developed methods for improving communication during transitions—and the I-PASS Institute has just celebrated its fifth year using its process. Partnering with more than 100 U.S. hospitals, the I-PASS Institute and the I-PASS Study Group have seen significant successes over the past decade.
Preparing to Improve Infection Prevention After COVID-19
From infection prevention and control, to cleaning and disinfecting practices, to new and improved cleaning products, there’s a myriad of ways organizations will look to advance patient safety in a post-pandemic world.
Health Equity Top Priority for Leader of Institute for Healthcare Improvement
After graduating from Brown, Mate worked at Boston-based Partners in Health. He also worked at the World Health Organization and Brigham and Women’s Hospital. Prior to being elevated to president and CEO at IHI, he was the organization’s chief innovation and education officer. He recently told HealthLeaders that he was inspired to pursue a career in medicine while working for Partners in Health with HIV/AIDS patients in Haiti and drug-resistant tuberculosis patients in Peru.
TJC Seeks Comment on Proposed Changes to Antimicrobial Stewardship Standard
Among other things, the changes include requiring a hospital to have a stewardship program as an organizational priority, that it allocates staffing, financial and technology resources to support the program, and that quality data is reported to hospital leadership.
How Nurse Practitioners Are Changing American Healthcare
April Kapu, an associate dean for Vanderbilt’s School of Nursing, leads more than 119,000 members of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners. She assumed the presidency July 1 and will serve a two-year term. Kapu talked with HealthLeaders about how NPs are changing healthcare, the likelihood of all states granting full practice authority to NPs, and what AANP members can expect from her for the next two years.
Hospital at Home Program Rises to Coronavirus Pandemic Challenge
The new research article, which was published by the Journal of General Internal Medicine, highlights the performance of the Brigham Health Home Hospital at Brigham and Women’s Hospital program during the early phase of the pandemic. The study covers the period from March 15, 2020, to June 18, 2020, when the Boston area experienced its first COVID-19 patient surge.
Americans Believe Nurses are Underpaid, New Study Says
Most Americans believe nurses and healthcare aides are underpaid, according to a new study about the public’s attitude toward healthcare and its workers.