Alaskan ‘Intentional’ System Redesign Model for UK NHS?
Southcentral Foundation is a not-for-profit organisation that is engaged in delivering primary, community and mental health services in Southcentral... Read more
Rewarding Risk: Business Model for Healthcare Innovation
The Innovation Institute, a for-profit innovation centre is based in La Palma, California and is engaged in fostering the development of new... Read more
Key Quality Measures Top Performers
The newly released report America’s Hospitals: Improving Quality and Safety: The Joint Commission’s Annual Report 2015 summarises data on 49 accountability... Read more
Pod-and-huddle ED Model Speeds Processes
Emergency departments (ED) are usually designed in a linear flow, attaching nurses or physicians to particular patients and specific tasks.... Read more
Improving Patient Safety by Cutting Misdiagnosis
According to researchers at RTI International, the Baylor College of Medicine and Michael E. DeBakey Veterans Affairs Medical Cente, it is time... Read more
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Zoom On: Dr Donna Prosser
Dr Donna Prosser has worked in healthcare for over thirty years, first as a bedside nurse, but more recently, for the past two decades, focussed on healthcare quality and safety in healthcare administration and as a consultant. As Chief Clinical Officer at the Patient Safety Movement Foundation, Dr Prosser’s focus is helping hospitals... Read more
Zoom On: Vonda Vaden Bates
Vonda Vaden Bates is an alliance builder and leadership coach with over 30 years of experience helping professionals and organisations succeed. In 2012, her husband, Yogiraj Charles Bates, died from one of the most common preventable causes of death, known as hospital-associated venous thromboembolism. In 2013, Vonda decided to contribute... Read more
Healthcare Mergers and Acquisitions – Making Waves in 2020
During the past decade, healthcare systems have been expanding their avenues to serve countries around the globe, breaking free from conventional norms. Today, these organisations are on the lookout for well-planned strategies to accelerate the growth patterns and increase cost efficiency. The key to meet these goals necessitates merger and acquisition (M&A)... Read more
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Spotlight On: Sutter Health Fights Pneumonia One Toothbrush at a Time
2020 23 Apr
Pneumonia can be deadly in a hospital setting. Two main factors contribute to the approximately 20 percent mortality rate of this healthcare-associated infection (HAI). First, whatever condition brought the patient to the hospital in the first place has likely weakened them, making the patient more vulnerable to the illness. Plus, the germs that patients... Read more
Spotlight On: Inova Fairfax Medical Campus Reduces CLABSI with APSS #2
2020 23 Apr
HAIs are costly both in terms of harm/mortality and cost. Close attention to aseptic practices and monitoring patients can greatly reduce the incidence of these infections. Central Line-Associated Bloodstream infections (CLABSIs) are the most costly type of hospital-acquired infections, both in terms of morbidity and mortality, and financial... Read more
Evaluation of the Microbial Tightness of Mini-Spike® 2 Chemo V - A Closed System Transfer Device
2019 08 Aug
In vitro study validating the microbial barrier function by means of airborne contamination Jürgen Gebel, Sapuna Kuriakose, Barbara Grüter, Martin Exner; University of Bonn Hospital, Institute for Hygiene and Public Health, Germany BACKGROUND Nosocomial infections pose a major problem in the healthcare system because they contribute... Read more
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The patient, the whole patient and nothing but the patient
The patient, the whole patient and nothing but the patient.... Read more
The Role of EIT Health in Training the European Health Workforce
Summary: EIT Health, a network organisation supported by the European... Read more
Is pre-hospital coagulation management in trauma feasible?
Coagulation management remains a formidable challenge in severely bleeding... Read more
The Convergence of Technology and Health
John Nosta is the founder of NostaLab, a digital health think tank. Ranked... Read more
Digitisation 4.0: the transmission of patient data
New methods of patient empowerment and communication with doctor.... Read more
Junior Faculty Support: How To Do It and Why It Matters
An overview of the themes of support from the perspective of junior... Read more