Addressing the Prostate Cancer Health Disparity in Black Men
September is Prostate Cancer Awareness Month. About 1 in 8 men will be diagnosed with prostate cancer during their lifetime, according to the American Cancer Society. Prostate cancer is the second-leading cause of cancer death in American men, behind only lung cancer, the cancer society says.
Predictive AI Helps Providers Plan Patient Care
At West Tennessee Healthcare, executives say they’ve saved more than $5 million over the past year by using an AI platform from Xsolis to review patient data, enabling them to predict when a patient will be discharged and communicate with payers on authorizations and any denials.
Are Healthcare Leaders Getting Their AI Priorities Straight?
Schwamm says the healthcare industry has become “accustomed” and “complacent” in healthcare IT, and Ai is presenting healthcare leaders with issues they haven’t encountered before. The AI evolution, he pointed out, is similar to the development of the software-as-a-service (SaaS) model, but health systems and hospitals haven’t developed the governance to regulate these tools before they’re used.
How Clinicians Can Avoid ‘Medspeak’ When Communicating with Patients
“Medspeak” is characterized as medical terminology used by clinicians that leads to communication gaps with patients. Medspeak gets in the way of effective shared decision-making for clinicians and patients.
PSQH: The Podcast Episode 112 – Improving Staff Retention in Healthcare
On episode 112 of PSQH: The Podcast, Heidi Raines, founder of Performance Health Partners, talks about how to improve staff retention in healthcare.
NIOSH: Healthcare Workers Receiving Reusable Respirators Rate Safety Climate ‘High’
According to a survey by NIOSH, healthcare workers who received reusable respirators, such as elastomeric half-mask respirators, during the COVID-19 pandemic gave high marks on the safety climate at their workplaces. The institute highlighted its respiratory research and promotion efforts in its September eNews.
The Clock is Ticking on Telemedicine Prescriptions
The Alliance for Connected Care is preparing stakeholder letters to the White House and Senate and House leadership urging them to put pressure on the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration to extend for two years a pandemic-era waiver allowing providers to use telemedicine. Extending the waiver, currently set to end this year, would give the DEA time to create a long-sought registration process for those prescriptions.
HHS Drops Plan to Restrict Hospital Use of Data-Tracking Tech
The rule stated that entities covered by the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) “are not permitted to use tracking technologies in a manner that would result in impermissible disclosures of PHI to tracking technology vendors or any other violations of HIPAA Rules.”
Healthcare Leaders Are Redefining the Hospital Pharmacy
Whether it’s to keep the doors open in a rural region or address care gaps brought on by retail pharmacy closures and disruptor drawbacks, healthcare leaders are taking a closer look at hospital pharmacy operations. Some are eyeing a hub-and-spoke drug distribution model to cut costs and waste, while others are making the pharmacist a more active member of the care team.
Texas’ New Healthcare Workplace Violence Law: What It Requires
As violence against healthcare workers occurs with greater frequency than in any other industry, the state of Texas is requiring healthcare facilities to adopt workplace violence prevention plans by September 1, 2024.