How AI Can Assist with Workload Balance for Nurses
At UCSF Health, the organization implemented an AI-powered tool to support nurses and give them a bird’s eye view of their units on one screen. Nurses can see patient assignments by nurse and get a better understanding of workload balance across the units.
Joe DiMaggio Children’s Hospital Registry Predicts Risks for Cardiovascular Patients
Information collected in the database includes patient demographic data such as age and weight, patient circumstances such as whether a patient is on a ventilator, and types of patient procedures such as diagnostic heart catheterization. The data is then used to create a point system that produces a risk score for patients undergoing certain types of procedures in a cath lab.
Maternal Safety Strategy: Why More Hospitals Are Turning to the OB Hospitalist Model
New data from OB Hospitalist Group suggests that hospitals using a dedicated OB hospitalist model may see measurable improvements in maternal and infant outcomes, including reductions in severe maternal morbidity, preterm births, and C-section rates.
Let’s Talk About Robotics in Nursing
As robotics technology enters the healthcare industry, CNOs must be prepared to help their nurses adjust as robotic assisted procedures and robotics-enhanced workflows become more common.
The Exec: How to Promote High Reliability in the Hospital Setting
Establishing high reliability at a hospital requires leadership discipline and cultural commitment, according to the new CMO of Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center in Burbank, California.
How a Chief Product Officer Can Address Healthcare’s Technology Gap
Healthcare has long sought to use technology to improve clinical care, starting with the EHR and now embracing the AI movement, but all too often that technology has thrown up a barrier between patients and their care teams.
How This Hybrid Nurse Practitioner Program Is Bolstering the Workforce Pipeline
According to Dr. Megan O’Neil, program director of the Family Nurse Practitioner program at Rocky Mountain University of Health Professions, NPs play an expanding role in today’s healthcare landscape.
How to Achieve Readiness for Pediatric Patients in Emergency Departments
The study, which examined 4,840 emergency departments, estimates that the lives of 2,143 children could be saved annually if there was universal high ED pediatric readiness. The annual cost of achieving high pediatric readiness in emergency departments nationwide was estimated at $207 million.
Study: Telehealth Isn’t Just a Niche Solution
A new study out of the University of Utah, with support from the University of Michigan and the Veterans Affairs Center for Clinical Management Research, finds that nearly half of all telehealth visits across the country for Medicare patients is for something other than a behavioral health concern.
Press Ganey Launches Zero Harm 24/7 Initiative
Participating health systems will work to address the top 10 barriers to optimizing safety in healthcare by driving system change and elevating patient safety to the highest levels of strategic planning, resource allocation, and performance oversight.