When it comes to weighing AI’s use in healthcare, Dan Roth, MD, chief clinical and community division operations officer of Trinity Health, asks three questions.
Category: Quality
Hospitals divided on new transplant method
An emerging method to retrieve hearts from organ donors has the potential to significantly expand the number of hearts available for patients awaiting transplant. However, not all hospitals are on board, with many experts citing ethical and legal conce…
The long road to 'physician associate'
The American Association of Physician Associates is still in the early stages of a sweeping effort to rebrand the PA profession — and sunset the title “physician assistant” — but hopes to make important strides in 2024, AAPA CEO Lisa Gables told B…
How patient expectations get in the way of reducing low-value care
Of the nearly $3 trillion spent in the U.S. each year on healthcare, an estimated 10% to 30% of it is spent on low-value care.
Only 24% of hospital board members have clinical backgrounds
A 2022 survey found less than a quarter of hospital and health system board members have a clinical background, underscoring the need for all stakeholders to collaborate and educate boards on quality and performance improvement, according to an America…
The Leapfrog grades of hospitals hit with immediate jeopardy warnings
Fifteen hospitals in the U.S. have faced a possible loss of Medicare or Medicaid funding from CMS in the last year as a result of an immediate jeopardy citation. However, the hospitals facing these situations are not always graded poorly in other metho…
Surgeries resume at California hospital after sterilization issues
Providence Santa Rosa (Calif.) Memorial Hospital has resumed all elective surgeries after sterilization issues caused the facility to halt some procedures.
Healthcare wants to fly as high as the aviation industry. Can it?
Hospital executives often rave about aviation’s success in dramatically lowering the number and scope of accidents over the last 50 years — but when it comes to vastly improving safety, the healthcare industry has failed to leave the runway.
5 hospitals, systems seeking chief quality officers
Below are five hospitals, health systems or hospital operators that have recently posted job listings for chief quality officers.
Chief medical officer role gets a makeover
The chief medical officer role is expanding.
