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Adopting a Systems Approach to the Opioid Crisis
Rather than a myopic focus on opioid prescription reduction, this article describes five strategies health care leaders can employ to implement a systems approach to timely and effective treatment of opioid use disorder, in tandem with pain assessment …
Does joy in work matter during a pandemic?
At a time when health care professionals across the globe are working around the clock against COVID-19, it may seem tone-deaf at best to think about joy in work.
Virtual Learning Hour Special Series: Telemedicine: COVID-19 and Beyond
May 1, 2020 | With the expanded use of telemedicine during the COVID-19 pandemic to remotely diagnose and monitor patients with virus symptoms and those with more typical health issues, what does this mean for the future of telemedicine?
2020 DAISY Award for Extraordinary Nurses in Patient Safety
The Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) and the DAISY Foundation have announced the recipients of the 2020 DAISY Award for Extraordinary Nurses in Patient Safety.
Conversation and Action Guide to Support Staff Wellbeing and Joy in Work During and After the COVID-19 Pandemic
During the COVID-19 pandemic, health care leaders are working to support staff who are experiencing anxiety, stress, and intense demands. This guide includes actionable ideas that leaders can quickly test during the coronavirus response, and which can …
Dr Sodzi Sodzi-Tettey writes: Before we got the blood, she was dead!
Without a concerted effort to maintain essential health services while combating the Covid-19 epidemic, many will die that could and should have lived.
How to Choose a Health Care Proxy
It’s important to choose a health care proxy — the person who will make decisions about your medical care if you become unable to make them for yourself.
Virtual Learning Hour Special Series: Quality Improvement, Epidemiology, and COVID-19
April 24, 2020 | The COVID-19 pandemic has emphasized the important intersection of data-driven quality improvement and epidemiology to effectively deliver excellent, safe care to patients while protecting the health care workforce.
Virtual Learning Hour Special Series: COVID-19 and Crisis Standards of Care
April 17, 2020 | During the COVID-19 pandemic, institutions are evaluating crisis standards of care, a substantial change in usual health care operations and the level of care it is possible to deliver during a pervasive or catastrophic disaster.
COVID-19 Death Rates: Which States are Really Flattening the Curve?
MDmetrix’s new control charts project daily deaths from COVID-19 nationally and by state, revealing which states are flattening the “daily deaths” curve.
