How to Keep Physicians Out of the EHR During Their Time Off
Many physicians are working in the EHR during their time off, according to a new study, and their CMOs need to take steps to stop that. Research published in JAMA Network Open found that primary care physicians commonly worked in the EHR during their vacations.
New Strategy Brings Substance Abuse Treatment Into the Hospital
The Los Angeles health system’s Substance Use Treatment and Recovery Team (START) pairs an addiction medicine specialist with a social worker or case manager to coordinate post-discharge care plans, including diagnostic assessments, information on treatments, psychosocial support and follow-up phone calls for one month.
Virtual Nursing Shifts its Focus to the Patient Experience
Sharp HealthCare debuted its VIP platform roughly two months ago in the neuroscience unit in preparation for the opening of the new Sharp Grossmont Hospital for Neuroscience. This expanded co-caring model known as Vitual InPatient nursing services leans heavily on patient engagement strategies, with the goal of having the virtual nurse as the patient’s guide through the healthcare journey.
A Four-Legged Answer to Nurse Wellbeing?
The healthcare exodus has since slowed, but stress and burnout continue to be top concerns for CNOs and healthcare providers in many inpatient and ambulatory settings, Steinberg explained. Enter the Buckeye Paws program.
HHS Layoffs to Further Challenge Provider CEOs, Organizations
The Trump administration’s decision to lay off 10,000 full-time employees, consolidate HHS from 28 divisions to 15, and combine multiple agencies into a unified entity will have major ripple effects that impact hospitals and health system CEOs.
What’s Lost: Trump Whacks Tiny Agency That Works to Make the Nation’s Healthcare Safer
On April 1, the Trump administration slashed the organization that supported that research — the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, or AHRQ — and fired roughly half of its remaining employees as part of a perplexing reorganization of the federal Health and Human Services Department.
How to Balance AI Adoption with Governance
Welcome to what some have called the Wild, Wild West of AI in healthcare. It’s a heady time to be an innovation executive these days, working with a technology that has strong potential to transform a troubled industry.
For CMOs, Prioritizing Physician Wellbeing Includes Reducing Stigma
Any healthcare organization wants to know that a provider is competent and capable of providing care, but that desire should not extend to prying into people’s mental health history, says Anthony Aquilina, DO, executive vice president and chief physician executive at WellSpan.
PSQH: The Podcast Episode 126 – The Ins and Outs of Drug-Gene Testing
On episode 126 of PSQH: The Podcast, Kristine Ashcraft, founder and president of YouScript, talks about how hospitals and health systems are using drug-gene testing.
Why Is Healthcare Innovation So Hard in Rural America?
For small hospitals like Sparta, new technology offers the promise of improving care, but it can also rob the organization of its identity—a valuable commodity in rural communities where the hospital is often the biggest employer and the doctor is a neighbor.