Maintaining the Medication Cold Chain in a Large Ambulatory Practice
This article describes the process implemented at a large multi-specialty academic ambulatory practice located on the Gulf Coast of Florida to ensure that while the medications are being procured, stored, and/or transported to outreach locations the proper storage temperature is maintained.
Community Health Workers Generate Value at Health Systems and Hospitals. Here’s How.
The primary role of community health workers is helping health systems and hospitals address their patients’ social drivers of health. Unmet social needs such as food insecurity, housing instability, and transportation barriers impact clinical outcomes and key healthcare organization metrics such as hospital readmissions.
What Makes a Nurse Ready to Practice?
After getting hired for the first time, it takes time for new-to-practice nurses to get comfortable practicing autonomously in the workforce. However, new-to-practice nurses in 2025 have different needs and workflows than nurses of previous generations.
Does Your Health System Need a Virtual Emergency Department?
Emergency room crowding is a challenge for health systems and hospitals across the country. Creating a virtual emergency department is a relatively new concept to address the problem, and it’s a concept that Ochsner Health is turning into strategy.
Clinical Data Abstraction vs. Chart Review: Aligned, But Not Identical
Despite their shared reliance on medical records, chart review and data abstraction serve distinct purposes, follow different processes, and typically deliver very different results for patients and organizations.
Is This the Healthcare Clinic of the Future?
As the nation’s senior population grows, healthcare providers are launching new care management platforms to improve access and outcomes. In Chicago’s south side, that comes in the form of a clinic exclusively for those 55 and older.
How CMOs Can Overcome Lack of 24/7 Physician Coverage of Emergency Rooms
The researchers found that 344 (7.4%) of the EDs did not have 24/7 attending physician coverage. The states with the highest percentages of hospitals where there was not 24/7 attending physician coverage of emergency departments were North Dakota, South Dakota, and Montana.
Who’s Minding the Store on AI Governance?
According to the Sage survey, 83% of executives say AI can boost clinical decision-making and 75% say it can reduce inefficiency and, therefore, operational costs. But only 13% have a clear strategy for using AI in clinical care, and only 10% say they’re aggressively pursuing the technology.
Opportunities for Change with TEAM
As the implementation of the Transforming Episode Accountability Model (TEAM) grows closer, hospitals must continue to move from awareness into execution. Some hospital leaders struggle with the approaching deadline, while early adopters are figuring out how data infrastructure will make or break their performance during TEAM’s five-year window.
A Closer Look at Maintaining Hospital Mattresses and Surfaces
By Matt Phillion Here’s a sobering statistic: a recent study of 423 EMS deliveries found that only 55% of stretcher surfaces were disinfected. With 155 million people admitted to the emergency department (ED) every year, these surfaces are a hot spot for potential contamination. Meanwhile, 50% of all foam surfaces in acute care are compromised … Continued