Data Breach Costs NY Presbyterian $300K
According to the AG’s office, between 2016 and 2022 NYP used unvetted third-party tracking pixels and tags on its website that sent visitors’ data back to vendors whenever the website loaded or when a visitor clicked a link, submitted a form, or ran a search.
HHS Tells Health Systems: Get Serious About Cybersecurity
The six-page document builds off of the Biden administration’s National Cybersecurity Strategy, which was unveiled last March, and follows recent actions taken by federal agencies to boost security, including the release of healthcare-specific practices and training resources, guidance on medical device security from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, and new telehealth guidelines from the HHS Office of Civil Rights.
PSQH: The Podcast Episode 95 – How Technology Can Improve IV Safety
On episode 95 of PSQH: The Podcast, Gary Warren, CEO of ivWatch, talks about how technology can improve IV safety.
Error vs. Failure: Taking a Different Look at What Goes Wrong in Healthcare
When things go wrong in healthcare, we look at the wrong things after the fact, according to a presenter at the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) Forum in Orlando earlier this month.
How One Health System Has Successfully Tackled Workplace Violence
A recent survey found that 40% of healthcare workers had experienced workplace violence in the past two years. Workplace violence in healthcare settings has several negative consequences such as care team members suffering physical and psychological trauma, according to the survey report.
Patient Safety Predictions for 2024
PSQH reached out to experts throughout healthcare to get their predictions for what will happen in patient safety and healthcare quality in 2024. Here’s what they had to say.
CNOs Tap Into Nurse-Led Tech to Combat Workplace Violence
Workplace violence is on the rise. And nurses, who are at the heart of care, are at especially high risk. In a 2022 National Nurses United survey, nearly half of hospital-based respondents reported an increase in workplace violence, a 57% increase from the rate reported in their previous survey in late 2021.
PSQH: The Podcast Episode 94 – How Nurses Are Leading Patient Safety Innovation
On episode 94 of PSQH: The Podcast, Patricia McGaffigan, vice president, Institute for Healthcare Improvement, and Dina Dent, vice president and chief nursing officer at Inova Health System, talk about the IHI’s nurse-led pilot rapid-cycle improvement program.
What Healthcare Leaders are Saying About Patient Experience
The need to focus on patient experience never went away. It became a lower priority during the pandemic, when healthcare providers had to address more pressing concerns such as addressing patient surges.
IHI Forum Kicks Off With Focus on AI, Decarbonization, and Equity
More than 3,000 attendees have gathered in Orlando this week for the IHI Forum, which officials say will mainly focus on three themes: the use of AI in healthcare, reducing healthcare’s carbon footprint, and improving health equity.