There is scant evidence major players in U.S. healthcare such as health insurers, health systems and trade groups look at patient affordability as a primary issue, according to Paul Keckley, writing Sept. 11 in his weekly Keckley Report.
Category: Patient Experience
Hospital leader survives Moroccan earthquake
Meghan Huffman, senior director of digital health at Winston-Salem, N.C.-based Novant Health, survived the Sept. 8 Moroccan earthquake that has killed at least 2,500 people, the Charlotte Observer reported.
Patient dies by suicide in New Jersey hospital
A patient shot and killed himself inside Inspira Medical Center in Vineland, N.J., on Sept. 9 in an incident that prompted lockdown of the hospital, according to the Courier Post.
Safety and on-site hospital leadership: A complex balance
The COVID-19 pandemic forced healthcare organizations to think differently about the workplace. Hospital and health system employees, particularly certain non-clinical staff, started working remotely when the crisis struck.
Safety and on-site hospital leadership: A complex balance
The COVID-19 pandemic forced healthcare organizations to think differently about the workplace. Hospital and health system employees, particularly certain non-clinical staff, started working remotely when the crisis struck.
Leapfrog Group reacts to presidential patient safety recommendations
The national organization behind the annual hospital safety grade rankings Leapfrog Group, is praising the new patient safety recommendations published Sept. 7 by the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology.
Mass Gen researchers find link between exercise and Alzheimer's prevention
Researchers from Boston-based Massachusetts General Hospital discovered that the exercise-induced hormone, irisin, lowers levels of a main component in the plaques found in individuals with Alzheimer’s disease.
4 steps to improve patient safety: Presidential advisory group issues report to Biden
A federal patient safety coordinator should be appointed to advise the president on ways to improve safety at hospitals nationwide — that’s one of the initiatives the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology recommended in a Sept. 7 re…
4 steps to improve patient safety: Presidential advisory group issues report to Biden
A federal patient safety coordinator should be appointed to advise the president on ways to improve safety at hospitals nationwide — that’s one of the initiatives the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology recommended in a Sept. 7 re…
Inappropriate antibiotic prescribing spikes in winter: Study
Physicians prescribe more unnecessary antibiotics during colder months than warmer seasons, according to a study published Sept. 5 in Antimicrobial Stewardship & Healthcare Epidemiology.
