Q&A: The Need for Lifelong Learning in Nursing
We spoke with Jennifer Bertram, Leader of Education and Training Innovation, Hospital Patient Monitoring, at Philips about the challenges and opportunities nursing faces in ensuring nurses have access to education to keep up to date on emerging technologies and other core competencies.
How a Cybersecurity Audit Can Identify Risk of Compromise
As these attacks become more sophisticated and the extent of their damage grows, organizations must be vigilant when it comes to patient data and information. When conducting cybersecurity audits, the HHS Office of Inspector General uses their findings to provide recommendations to help strengthen the subject’s security.
Integrated Risk Management: The Case for a Single Platform
By Bill Schwacke For healthcare risk management leaders, data is a key factor in supporting systematic decisions. From patient & employee safety, quality metrics to claims reporting and workers’ compensation cases, the data you collect and analyze drives your entire risk mitigation strategy. However, that data is often siloed across multiple systems, making it … Continued
The Evolving Use Case for RTLS in Healthcare
RTLS is used to provide actionable data and real-time locating of medical equipment, staff, and patients—it’s commonly referred to as “indoor GPS” for a hospital. But use cases go beyond just tagging assets and it can be used for any number of process improvements.
PSQH Quick Poll 2024: Taking the Pulse of Healthcare Risk Management
As part of Health Care Risk Management Week, PSQH reached out to our readers with a few questions about how healthcare organizations are dealing with managing risks. The Quick Poll had a total of 100 respondents.
Have a Plan to Prevent Patient Falls
By Collette Health Patient falls continue to be a major problem for health organizations. The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) estimates that each year between 700,000 and 1 million people in the U.S. fall in hospitals. These falls can result in fractures, lacerations, or internal bleeding, which can lead to further healthcare … Continued
New Blood Test for Alzheimer’s Highlights Needs to Treat the Patient, Not the Disease
This breakthrough marks significant progress in diagnosing the disease, which now requires testing cerebrospinal fluids or PET scans. More accessible testing could allow drug therapy to begin at earlier stages of the disease, potentially with better outcomes.
Addressing the Disparity of Care for Rural Patients
The challenges don’t just stop at lack of staffing. Rural hospitals struggle financially, particularly now as COVID subsidies expire and reimbursements decline. Half of rural hospitals lost money in the past years, and 418 rural hospitals have been labeled as vulnerable to closure.
PSQH: The Podcast Episode 106 – Using Data to Conduct More Effective Risk Assessments
On episode 106 of PSQH: The Podcast, Kenneth Rohde, president of KRRohde LLC, talks about how to use your data to conduct more effective risk assessments.
Is Healthcare on the Right Path to Transformation?
The litany of pain points within healthcare is long, from workforce shortages to soaring costs to ineffective outcomes. To address those issues, healthcare executives are looking at new technology like AI and virtual care. Some are looking for small, incremental gains, while others say the entire care delivery system has to change.