The healthcare industry is poised to see more clinically-facing uses of artificial intelligence as the technology rapidly advances, creating a new set of challenges and opportunities for chief medical officers.
Category: Quality
True quality isn't measured in rankings, says Northwell's chief quality officer
When hospitals are ranked by reliable sources — such as The Leapfrog Group, CMS and U.S. News & World Report — top scores go a long way to reaffirming safety and satisfaction efforts for both patients and staff. Similarly, lower scores highlight where …
HAIs are on the rise. Here's how hospitals can brace
There’s a plethora of factors propelling the upward trend of hospital-acquired infections and outbreaks, meaning hospitals’ prevention efforts need to be complex, too, experts told Becker’s.
AHA awards Pennsylvania system for quality innovations
The American Hospital Association has selected Bryn Mawr, Pa.-based Main Line Health as the 2023 recipient of its Quest for Quality Prize.
White House taps military surgeon to lead pandemic office
President Joe Biden has selected retired Maj. Gen. Paul Friedrichs, MD, to serve as inaugural director of the Office of Pandemic Preparedness and Response Policy, effective Aug. 7.
Joint Commission cuts 200 more standards
The Joint Commission is eliminating 200 additional standards from its accreditation programs for ambulatory and behavioral health centers, critical access hospitals, laboratories and nursing homes, marking the accrediting body’s second major set of red…
NYT podcast details patients' pain after nurse swapped fentanyl for saline
A newly released podcast from The New York Times delves into the story of how a nurse’s tampering with pain medication led to an estimated hundreds of women undergoing painful egg retrieval procedures at the Yale Fertility Center.
'For Every Patient': What to know about Mass General Brigham's new quality strategy
Somerville, Mass.-based Mass General Brigham is taking a new approach to quality with the launch of “For Every Patient” — a four-pillar strategy to standardize practices and improve patient outcomes, according to a July 6 report from the Boston Busines…
40% of PAs favor title change
Most physician assistants are in favor or neutral about changing their official title to “physician associate,” according to Medscape’s “Physician Assistant Career Satisfaction Report” released June 30.
Motivation among clinicians eroded during COVID-19
Clinicians felt isolated and disconnected from life outside work during the second year of the COVID-19 pandemic, and the frontline workers reported depleting motivation levels, a new study suggests.
