Search Tag: patient outcomes
2024 07 Oct
The COVID-19 pandemic has significantly impacted global healthcare systems, with patient outcomes varying widely from asymptomatic cases to severe illnesses, resulting in high mortality. Understanding which factors contribute to poor prognosis is crucial in managing the disease effectively. Chest imaging has been pivotal in diagnosing and assessing...Read more
2024 02 Oct
The advent of Electronic Health Records (EHRs) has transformed healthcare, offering a digital platform for managing patient data, clinical documentation, and care coordination. While EHRs are integral to clinical workflows, their role in medical education remains underexplored, particularly for medical students in clerkships. A recent review published...Read more
2024 01 Oct
A review of recent evidence on early mobilisation and rehabilitation and what remains to be defined. Introduction Critical illnesses encompass a broad spectrum of pathologies that require support for different organs. This often leads to prolonged bed rest and secondary immobilisation, which ultimately fosters the development of...Read more
2024 08 Jul
As a founding program partner of Abbott's Univants of Healthcare Excellence Awards, HIMSS is pleased to recognize and celebrate the 12 team awardees who are collaborating across disciplines to transform healthcare delivery and the lives of patients. Each of the recognized teams achieved measurably better healthcare with innovative, diverse...Read more
2024 20 Jun
In today's digitally driven healthcare landscape, organisations face escalating challenges from cyber threats and natural disasters, which can disrupt critical operations with profound consequences for patient care. Nataraj Nagaratnam, an IBM fellow, highlights that downtime caused by events such as ransomware attacks averages more than two weeks,...Read more
2024 20 Jun
In today's digitally driven healthcare landscape, organisations face escalating challenges from cyber threats and natural disasters, which can disrupt critical operations with profound consequences for patient care. Nataraj Nagaratnam, an IBM fellow, highlights that downtime caused by events such as ransomware attacks averages more than two weeks,...Read more
2024 15 May
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is increasingly utilised in healthcare, offering potential for improved patient outcomes and streamlined clinical processes. Patient-facing conversational AI agents, such as chatbots, engage directly with patients for tasks like symptom diagnosis and appointment scheduling. Despite their benefits, concerns persist regarding...Read more
2024 15 May
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is increasingly utilised in healthcare, offering potential for improved patient outcomes and streamlined clinical processes. Patient-facing conversational AI agents, such as chatbots, engage directly with patients for tasks like symptom diagnosis and appointment scheduling. Despite their benefits, concerns persist regarding...Read more
2024 15 May
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is increasingly utilised in healthcare, offering potential for improved patient outcomes and streamlined clinical processes. Patient-facing conversational AI agents, such as chatbots, engage directly with patients for tasks like symptom diagnosis and appointment scheduling. Despite their benefits, concerns persist regarding...Read more
2024 30 Apr
The healthcare system historically lacked integration between general business management practices and patient requirements. Value-Based Healthcare (VBHC) emerged as an innovative approach to healthcare management, focusing on patient-centred care. This model emphasises measuring outcomes and costs for each patient to move towards a high-value...Read more
2024 26 Apr
Traditional approaches to data governance are inadequate in the era of artificial intelligence and abundant data. The sheer volume of data needed for AI, the complexity of AI models, and the privacy and regulatory challenges of handling large patient datasets demand reevaluation. An effective strategy involves focusing on how AI is utilised at...Read more
2024 26 Apr
Traditional approaches to data governance are inadequate in the era of artificial intelligence and abundant data. The sheer volume of data needed for AI, the complexity of AI models, and the privacy and regulatory challenges of handling large patient datasets demand reevaluation. An effective strategy involves focusing on how AI is utilised at...Read more
2024 19 Apr
Decision-making in the ICU is a multifaceted process that involves clinical assessment, collaboration among multidisciplinary teams, ethical considerations, evidence-based practice, communication, and continuous adaptation to evolving clinical scenarios. Balancing the complex factors requires expertise, teamwork, and a patient-centred approach....Read more
2024 19 Apr
The seamless integration of patient- and family-centred care in the critical care setting remains elusive. This review discusses the history and benefits of patient- and family-centred care, plus strategies for partnering with patients and families in the critical care setting. Introduction Patient and family partnerships in the...Read more
2024 20 Mar
The landscape of patient care is evolving, extending beyond traditional healthcare settings, which promises improved outcomes but also introduces new demands on healthcare provider networks and digital technologies. The emergence of care-at-home models, bolstered by initiatives like the U.S. Centres for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Acute...Read more
2024 20 Mar
The landscape of patient care is evolving, extending beyond traditional healthcare settings, which promises improved outcomes but also introduces new demands on healthcare provider networks and digital technologies. The emergence of care-at-home models, bolstered by initiatives like the U.S. Centres for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Acute...Read more
2017 16 May
Introduction Hospitals around the world are under increasing pressure to improve outcomes – whether because they are operating in a fee-for-performance or value-based care environment, or simply because today’s increasingly informed patients are deliberately pursuing treatment at facilities with a reputation for superior care. Whatever...Read more
2017 08 May
A randomised trial has just been completed in which patients with heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) were treated with Ivabradine. Currently, there is no known effective treatment for reducing morbidity and mortaility in patients suffering from HFpEF. See Also : Azithromycin Not Linked to Increased Arrhythmia Risk HFpEF...Read more
2017 10 Apr
Integration of caregivers into the discharge process for elderly patients can reduce the risk of hospital readmission. A study led by the University of Pittsburgh Health Policy Institute showed that discharge planning process that involved family members or unpaid caregivers was associated with a 25 percent fewer readmissions at 90 days and 24 percent...Read more
2017 14 Mar
Most cardiac arrest (CA) patients remain comatose post resuscitation, prompting goals-of-care (GOC) conversations. Researchers studying the impact of these conversations on patient outcomes have found that most CA survivors due to family wishes despite poor neurological prognosis die or have poor outcomes at one-year. The findings will be published...Read more
2017 01 Mar
An Editorial in the journal Chest emphasises the need to develop highly accurate, flexible methods for identifying patients with septic shock to ensure these patients are appropriately treated and hospitals are reliably assessed for treating these patients. Sepsis is now the most costly hospital condition and the most common diagnosis among patients...Read more
2017 16 Feb
Healthcare service providers face significant challenges in attracting patients and retaining qualified staff. The most obvious way to outshine one’s competitors is to offer superior clinical capabilities, but such innovations can seem prohibitively expensive. Read about seven strategies that hospital systems can employ to advance their clinical capabilities,...Read more