How to Enhance the Accuracy of Healthcare Predictive Analytics
Generating accurate and meaningful healthcare forecasts can be challenging, as models must be configured and managed properly in order to drive such results. This article covers healthcare predictive analytics accuracy and provides recommendations for enhancing it.
How CFOs Can Prioritize Cybersecurity
According to the American Hospital Association, as of October 7, 2024, 386 healthcare cyberattacks have been reported. Although the average cost associated with a cyberattack has dropped from $10 million in 2023 to $9.8 million in 2024, these attacks still outweigh many other sectors, making healthcare the most expensive industry for such incidents.
How electronic hand hygiene monitoring improves HAI prevention
By BioVigil No patient should acquire an infection because of care received in the hospital or long-term care facility. Unfortunately, healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) are the most common complication of hospital care, and a leading cause of death in the U.S. And yet, one of the most reliable ways to prevent HAIs is quite simple – … Continued
Revolutionizing Mental Healthcare Through AI-Enhanced Provider-Patient Relationships
As we stand at the intersection of behavioral health and cutting-edge technology, we must ask ourselves: How can we leverage these tools to not only improve patient outcomes but also strengthen the crucial provider-patient relationship?
CMO: Physician Leadership Development Involves Formal and Informal Efforts
A new report from Jackson Physician Search and the Medical Group Management Association found that 67% of physicians surveyed were interested in leadership development opportunities, but only 18% had been exposed to nonclinical leadership development through their education or experience in clinical practice.
Anticipating OSHA’s Healthcare Rulemakings
OSHA has been developing three industry-specific rulemakings that could significantly impact healthcare industry compliance. By the end of the year, the industry could see one new final regulation and two proposed rules.
The Exec: Intentionality Essential to Addressing Health Equity, New CMO Says
To address health equity, a health system or hospital needs to have intentionality about identifying gaps in care and closing those gaps, the new CMO of University of Chicago Medical Center says.
Putting the ‘Where’ in Patient Care
Nearly a quarter of hospital admissions resulted in at least one adverse event in 2018 and 23% of those events were deemed to be preventable. Between 2023 and 2024, hospitals experienced a double-digit increase in non-labor expenses, according to Strata. As a result, 40% of American hospitals had been losing money from operations during that time, KaufmanHall found.
NewYork-Presbyterian Developing Innovative AI Tool
One of the advantages of NewYork-Presbyterian is that it is affiliated with two medical schools, Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons as well as Weill Cornell Medicine, says Ashley Beecy, MD, medical director of AI operations at NewYork-Presbyterian.
Ransomware Attacks in Healthcare Are Increasing, Creating Longer Recovery
Ransomware attacks on healthcare organizations have hit a four-year high since 2021, with two-thirds of companies saying they were impacted in the past year, according to a survey by security solutions firm Sophos.