Pro CRNA
JUNE 27, 2021
By Thomas Davis, DNAP, MAE, CRNA. follow@procrnatom on Twitter. “Leadership is the ability to get others to do what you want them to do because they want to do it.”. Effective leaders tend to be savvy resources managers and recognize that their workers are the most valuable resource that they manage. The health of each team member is directly tied to morale, productivity, and retention, all indicators of effective leadership.
Health Populi
JUNE 28, 2021
Some of America’s least-healthy communities are also those that index greater for vaccine hesitancy and other risks for well-being, found in U.S. News & World Report’s 2021 Healthiest Communities Rankings. U.S. News collaborated with the Aetna Foundation, CVS Health’s philanthropic arm, in this fourth annual list of the top geographies for well-being in the U.S.
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Medcenter
JULY 2, 2021
Who doesn’t love a freshly cooked s’more with a perfectly toasted marshmallow? Unfortunately, fire is inherently dangerous, and every year terrible accidents happen. Here, Abby Beerman, an injury prevention coordinator at University of Vermont Medical Center and Children’s Hospital, provides a list of safety tips to help you create only happy memories.
Center for Health Progress
JULY 1, 2021
One of the most powerful reflections I’ve read about the COVID-19 pandemic came right at the beginning of it by one of my favorite writers, Arundhati Roy. She urged us use the pandemic as an opportunity to break from our flawed and broken society and use it as “a portal, a gateway between one world and the next…[that] we can walk through lightly, with little luggage, ready to imagine another world.
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Healthcare Associates
JUNE 29, 2021
What Are the 5 Warning Signs Of Prostate Cancer? Prostate cancer is the most common type of cancer that affects men in the United States, next to non-melanoma skin cancer. Knowing how to spot early signs of prostate cancer can help you determine whether it may be time to see your doctor for an examination. Continue reading to learn more about the causes and early warning signs of prostate cancer and how this cancer can be effectively treated.
American College of Healthcare Sciences
JULY 1, 2021
Have you ever wanted to live more sustainably but found that the habits you tried to build just wouldn’t stick? According to the organizers of the Plastic-Free Ecochallenge that ACHS participates in each year, many people care about environmental issues but their actions don’t align with their values. So, the organizers’ goal is to “help people who already care about the environment to figure out ways to take meaningful action in their lives, businesses, communities, and the world at large.
Health Care Quality Digest brings together the best content for healthcare quality professionals from the widest variety of industry thought leaders.
Bookzurman
JUNE 30, 2021
With so much evolving in healthcare and technology, it can be hard to keep up and difficult to see where the work that we, and our peers, do is being applied to help caregivers and patients. That's why we've hand-selected these recent articles featuring the world of healthcare interoperability and other related issues that our team finds to be worth a quick read.
Health Populi
JUNE 27, 2021
COVID-19 reshaped people around the world, one-half of whom are re-defining their personal purpose and life-goals. This sense of purpose extends to peoples’ willingness to buy or patronize companies who do not meet their needs for health, safety, sustainability and trust. For example, two in three of these people would switch travel brands if they felt health and safety weren’t up to par, discovered in Life Reimagined – Mapping the motivations that matter for today’s cons
Geek Doctor
JUNE 28, 2021
Innovation is best scaled when pipelines are replaced with platforms. John Halamka, M.D., president, Mayo Clinic Platform, and Paul Cerrato, senior research analyst and communications specialist, Mayo Clinic Platform, wrote this article. The Digital Health Frontier includes cutting edge predictive analytics, machine learning enhanced algorithms and big data analytics.
ACHE
JUNE 30, 2021
The COVID-19 pandemic created countless challenges for healthcare providers, but some silver-linings-minded leaders believe the health crisis also accelerated innovation in quality and safety. In a March/April 2021 Healthcare Executive column , Richard Brant, MD, CPHQ, medical director for quality and patient safety at West Virginia University Medicine Children’s Hospital, expressed his belief that the heightened activity catalyzed by the pandemic will ultimately help organizations move along th
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Meditech
JULY 1, 2021
MEDITECH’s Nurse Forum always leaves me feeling refreshed and inspired about our shared partnerships with our nursing community. But our events for 2020 and 2021 were especially memorable, as they framed this undeniably difficult, traumatic, and pivotal time for everyone.
Health Populi
JUNE 29, 2021
The FDA’s approval of the first therapy to treat Alzheimer’s Disease in over twenty years brought attention to a not-yet-convened debate of U.S. health care costs and spending, innovation, and return-on-the-investment (as well as “for whom” do the returns accrue). In my latest post for Medecision, I explore different angles on the Aduhelm and Alzheimer’s discussion, covering: The macro- and micro-economics of Alzheimer’s and the $56,000 list price for the drug
Medcenter
JUNE 29, 2021
For many of us, the last year and a half disrupted our daily routines, keeping us indoors, separated from friends and family – a recipe for weight gain and depression. So it’s no surprise that doctors like Kimberly Sikule, MD, of University of Vermont Medical Center’s Family Medicine practice in Milton, are now helping patients […]. The post Walking Is Enough appeared first on UVM Medical Center Blog.
Health Recovery
JUNE 30, 2021
Wound care is a necessary treatment for numerous conditions and patient populations, as wounds can be both acute and chronic. Acute wounds include surgical wounds, pressure sores, and diabetic wounds such as foot ulcers. Chronic wounds are wounds that do not properly heal, and while less common, they impact patients daily, inflicting long term pain and discomfort.
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Advanced Data Systems
JULY 2, 2021
Each decision you make in a health care environment can lead to life-or-death consequences. That’s why medical professionals study throughout their career. They have to stay current on best practices. But that’s only part of the picture. They need all the help they can get. This is where clinical decision support becomes a factor.
Etactics
JULY 1, 2021
We’ve all heard this before. At a certain point, technology makes a job so easy that it’s original responsibilities become easier. When that happens, the unfortunate reality is the career losing more responsibility over time. The technology continues to advance to the point where the organization no longer needs a full-time employee As a result, technology advancements take jobs.
Health Business Group
JULY 1, 2021
Ardy Arianpour, Seqster CEO. Ardy Arianpour arrived in San Diego as a six year old immigrant from the Middle East and didn’t waste time getting going. By 16 he was working at the Salk Institute and after college pursued a series of sales and marketing roles, even finding time to get involved in a landmark gene patent lawsuit at the US Supreme Court.
nThrive
JULY 1, 2021
Appointment of Industry Leaders and New Board Members to Accelerate Growth Plans of nThrive, a Leading Healthcare SaaS Software Platform Dedicated to End-to-End Revenue Cycle Management. nThrive (the “Company”), a leading provider of healthcare revenue cycle management SaaS solutions backed by Clearlake Capital Group, L.P. (together with its affiliates, “Clearlake”), today announced the appointment of Hemant Goel as CEO, and James Evans as CFO, effective immediately.
Speaker: Paul Weald, Contact Center Innovator
Learn how to streamline productivity and efficiency across your organization with machine learning and artificial intelligence! No matter what industry you're in - healthcare, customer service, sales, and more - it’s easier than you think to reduce wait times, monitor sentiment, and provide enhanced self-service options for all of your users. This means that you can achieve a more consistent and engaging customer experience while reducing sources of friction.
Sequence Health
JUNE 30, 2021
When you invest in patient engagement solutions, you want to know that they are doing more than just taking tasks off your hands; you want to feel confident that they work. To evaluate this, you need to know what metrics to look at. Every industry has different metrics to look at. This means that when evaluating healthcare call center metrics , you won’t be looking at the same things as for an online retailer.
Medical GPS
JUNE 30, 2021
Patient Feedback: Ultimately Important. There’s nothing more frustrating than having a bad experience with a large, seemingly monopolistic entity, knowing that any feedback you might provide is utterly worthless in improving customer treatment. Regardless of how many times you passionately express to a robot on the phone or online chat, “I’d like to speak to a representative,” you’re repeatedly directed through a maze of automated responses.
Icanotes
JUNE 30, 2021
Have you decided to implement new electronic health record (EHR) software in your behavioral and mental health practice? An EHR can help your practice stay organized, submit claims on time, coordinate care with other clinicians and streamline communication with clients and staff. All of this is exciting news for your practice and clients. But to make the most of your EHR and get the maximum return, it’s crucial that all users receive adequate training.
Health Advances
JUNE 30, 2021
By Andrew Chen, Analyst; Daniel Huang, Senior Analyst; Gary Cheng, Vice President. Key Takeaways. Digital health in China (i.e. “Internet Healthcare”) continues to draw attention with WeDoctor’s IPO announcement valued at $7B. In addition to a continued relaxation of policies related to digital health services, the sector is supported with ample funding that can be used for corporate development activities.
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Nordic
JUNE 30, 2021
Earlier this month, I had the privilege (honor? Thrill?) to attend the in-person annual physician IT leadership meeting organized by AMDIS. If you’re not aware of the group, the Association of Medical Directors of Information Services has traditionally been composed of CMIOs and now CHIOs, with a sprinkle of physicians who are CIOs thrown it. You can tell the organization has been around a while because it predates the existence of the CMIO title.
Sequence Health
JUNE 29, 2021
Patients have always shared their medical practice experiences with friends and family. Now, they share them with the entire world. Patient and customer complaints can easily reach an audience of thousands through your Google My Business page and other sites, such as Yelp. This can be pretty bad for your practice. However, we also think that—with the right approach—getting and handling customer complaints can ultimately enhance your practice.
Osf Healthcare
JUNE 29, 2021
After undergoing major surgeries like a hip replacement or hysterectomy, it was common for patients to be put on bed rest for an extended period of time. OSF HealthCare Saint Francis Medical Center, along with Performance Improvement with OSF Innovation, have started implementing the ERAS program to help patients recover faster from major surgeries.
Cloud Blogs
JUNE 29, 2021
Over the past year, the pandemic fundamentally changed several industries and impacted the means of consumption and distribution for goods and services globally. With the introduction of social distancing, the decline of indoor interactions and transactions, and unparalleled strain on hospital capacity and care teams, both retailers and health providers had to transform traditional business models to meet evolving consumer and industry needs.
Speaker: Dr. Ugo Uwaoma, MD, MBA
Due to the impact of COVID-19, integrating telehealth software into practices and organizations has become the new normal. In turn, this has increased the effectiveness of collaborative healthcare by strengthening communication amongst healthcare workers and helping combat the woes of burnout. Communication between patients and healthcare providers has also improved, allowing patients to reach their providers easily and decreasing turnaround time.
CHQ Healthcare
JUNE 28, 2021
The pandemic has changed the way we work forever. Even with life “getting back to normal,” it’s clear things will never quite be the same. Some healthcare administrative staff members are back onsite full-time, others are blending onsite and remote work, while still others remain fully remote. In this new environment, it can be challenging to stay connected with stakeholders in a meaningful way.
Healthcare Leadership
JUNE 28, 2021
Blog by Joe Babaian. Let’s think about what it means to work together. We all do it almost every day and I’d venture a guess that we all have experienced varying levels of quality in these collaborations. To formalize it a bit, let’s think of authentic collaboration. This is even more important during times of remote or hybrid work that we are all embracing (hopefully).
Spok Inc
JULY 1, 2021
See the most popular Spok blog posts of 2021 on topics from nurses week to HIPAA-compliant messaging. The post Our most popular clinical communication blog posts of 2021 (so far!) appeared first on Spok Inc.
Wisconsin Healthcare Leadership
JUNE 28, 2021
Applications are now being accepted for the ACHE Board of Governors. As you know, these roles are an essential part of ACHE governance and help ensure the ongoing strength of ACHE as an organization. We encourage you to consider your interest in these roles. ACHE’s 2021–2022 Nominating Committee is calling for applications for service beginning in 2022.
Speaker: Matt McBride, CEO and Co-Founder of Mend
Patient engagement happens before, during, and after interactions. Consumer research has found that in 2021, 64% of US households reported using Telehealth services. In addition 34% of patients would prefer Telehealth visits to in-office visits. Accessible patient engagement technology can help you improve your relationships with your patients while also improving your KPIs.
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