New Survey Casts Doubt on Severity of Physician Shortage
The new survey report, which is based on data collected from 2,000 patients and 750 physicians, says the AAMC’s physician shortage estimate could be overstated. In particular, the survey report found that only 19% of patients struggled to have a new visit with a generalist and only 15% struggled to set a new visit with a specialist.
Nurse-Led Program Improves Care of Older Adults
The NICHE program at NYU Rory Meyers College of Nursing is a nurse-led education and consultation program designed to help healthcare organizations improve the quality of care for older adults.
LeapFrog Releases Biannual Hospital Safety Grades
The safety ratings’ release coincides with the 20th anniversary of the Institute of Medicine’s shocking report, To Err Is Human, which showed that nearly 100,000 people die every year due to preventable medical errors. Other research has shown that number could be twice as high.
New Workplace Violence Training Program Focuses on Healthcare Settings
Workplace violence is prevalent in the emergency department—78% of emergency physicians have reported being targets of workplace violence in the prior 12 months.
Data Breaches Cost Hospitals $4B Annually
Ninety-three percent of healthcare organizations reported a data breach in the past three years and 57% of respondents said their respective organizations experienced more than five data breaches over the same period of time.
CMS Contest Gets Real About Artificial Intelligence
Six hospitals and health systems are among the 25 participants who were selected from a field of more than 300 submissions. The ultimate goal is to harness AI solutions to predict health outcomes for healthcare providers and clinicians, as well as potential use in CMS Innovation Center innovative payment and service delivery models.
Medicare Fraud Carries Heavy Price Tag for Scammed Patients
In 2013, fraud and abuse by clinicians contributed to 6,700 premature deaths, and study lead author Lauren Nicholas says that number is a low-ball estimate because it does not factor in other government-sponsored health insurance, commercial health insurance or the uninsured.
5-Part Strategy to Create a Population Health Services Organization
LCMC Health formally launched the New Orleans health system’s new population health services organization CIN in January 2018 in a business relationship with St. Louis–based Lumeris.
SHEA: More Research Needed on Antibiotic Use
Antibiotic stewardship programs have become powerful tools to address inappropriate antibiotic use, but they haven’t been used to their full potential yet, according to the paper’s authors.
Half of Surgery Residents Report Harassment, Bullying
The survey of 7,409 residents in 262 residency training programs across the nation — more than 99% of general surgery residents in the United States — found the most common workplace mistreatment were sex discrimination (32%), verbal abuse/bullying (30%), racial discrimination (16.6%), and sexual harassment (10.3%).