Quality & Patient Safety
Patient safety
Trustee talking points
In the aftermath of a number of shootings nationwide, hospitals are re-evaluating how well-prepared they are for handling mass casualty events.
The American Hospital Association has launched a yearlong initiative, Hospitals Against Violence, to help the…
Trustee talking points
Patient safety is essential for hospitals and health systems, and it should be a strategic priority.
Boards need to be informed about and engaged in their organization's safety efforts.
There are any number of ways for trustees to improve their oversight of safety; a…
Hospice care has been shown to improve patients’ quality of life while reducing costs near death, but hospice services are chronically underused.
OhioHealth, however, has used a quality improvement approach to address that conundrum — and with good success. Within less than a year…
Physician engagement in value-based care is an increasingly critical issue for health care boards. Many organizations are focusing on financial incentives to encourage physicians to move the needle toward value, but remuneration is a blunt tool and only one among many that can influence …
Record Number of Transplants
33,606: Number of organ transplants performed in the U.S. in 2016
8.5%: Increase over 2015
19.8%: Increase since 2012
Source: United Network for Organ Sharing, January 2017
For a long time, behavioral health patients have been marginalized in the nation’s health care system. This has been due in part to lack of insurance coverage and the low priority placed on caring for these patients. Closure of many inpatient psychiatric units, reduction in…
Amid increasing security risks and growing pressure from regulatory agencies — including the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration — a vast majority of hospitals have adopted training programs on managing aggressive…
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Story by Beth Burmahl with data by Jamie Morgan and Suzanna Hoppszallern
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Amid increasing security risks and growing pressure from regulatory agencies — including the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration…