2024 marked a big year for the field of xenotransplantation, with surgical teams at several health systems completing historic procedures that could pave the way for broader adoption of animal-to-human organ transplants.
Category: Patient Experience
A new HCAHPS survey for a new year
As the calendar turns to 2025, the biggest changes are coming to the HCAHPS survey since the advent of the national patient experience measurement system in 2006.
How biased language in handoffs affect patients
In clinical handoffs, biased language can hinder empathy and negatively affect clinicians’ ability to recall patient health information, according to a study published Dec. 17 in JAMA.
Children's Hospital Los Angeles uses VR to reduce pain: 5 notes
Children’s Hospital Los Angeles is using virtual reality to improve patient experience during procedures and reduce medication used. Here are five things to know:
3 systems' most needle-moving PX initiatives in 2024
As competition increases and patient expectations change, hospitals are leaning on new — and reinvigorating old — methods to improve care experiences.
The unintended harms of hospital drug testing: 4 takeaways
Hospitals’ drug testing policies can have unintended consequences for women who seek care during pregnancy or after child birth, according to an investigative report published Dec. 11.
Ballad's Center for Clinical Transformation drives systemwide improvements across 20 hospitals
Nearly seven years ago, when Johnson City, Tenn.-based Ballad Health was formed through the merger of Mountain States Health Alliance and Wellmont Health System, Amit Vashist, MD, a dual-boarded internist and psychiatrist, found himself contemplating a…
What had the greatest impact on patient safety? 3 leaders weigh in
Patient safety touches every aspect of hospital care, and every hospital can have tens of programs and initiatives that attempt to address each part of it.
AHRQ unveils new hospital safety dashboard
The National Action Alliance for Patient and Workforce Safety launched a new public-facing dashboard that aggregates federal safety data Dec. 5.
A program that improved care metrics for strokes
Dallas-based UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers found that the American Heart Association’s stroke guidelines improve the quality and consistency of care for stroke patients and reduce hospital stays.
