Search Tag: quality improvement

Executive Health Management

Staffing-shortages-challenge-the-ability-of-primary-care-teams-to-implement-quality-improvement

2023 05 Oct

In a new study, researchers aimed to identify the factors leading primary care practice personnel to reject participation in quality improvement (QI) projects. The outcome of the study is to prompt reflection on the need for new strategies aimed at improving the attractiveness of QI projects.   What we currently know is that QI projects facilitate...Read more

Executive Health Management

Isquas-39th-international-conference

2023 27 Aug

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Executive Health Management

Improving-quality-of-care-the-vital-role-of-peoples-voices

2022 28 Mar

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IMAGING Management

Improving-patient-experience-in-radiology-waiting-rooms

2020 28 Jan

In providing imaging and other medical services, the "human factor" is key in creating a positive patient experience. Based on this principle, a Chicago-based hospital has made strides in improving patient satisfaction in the area of radiological services.      You might also like: 5 Practices to Improve Doctor-Patient Relationships  ...Read more

Executive Health Management

Educating-physicians-to-be-leaders

2019 26 Aug

Summary: For the clinician leaders healthcare desperately needs, training has to begin in medical school and continue throughout a career.   The connection between great leaders and successful organisations that effectively innovate to remain competitive and provide shareholder value has been well demonstrated in business. To that end, many...Read more

Executive Health Management

Reducing-risks-and-generating-economic-benefits-2

2019 26 Aug

Did you know that IV filtration in an intensive care unit (ICU) could help to reduce risks and generate economic benefits?   Introduction   Intravenous administration of fluids and drugs is an important part of patient care for the critically ill. However, the contamination of infusion solutions by particles is a largely unknown and underestimated...Read more

ICU Management

Quality-improvement-in-the-picu-a-primer-for-intensivists

2019 30 May

Quality improvement provides tools that help the transformation of an intensive care unit into a highly reliable and safe environment, that nurtures continuous learning and delivery of high-quality care that improves patient experience and outcomes.   Despite advances in healthcare and dramatic improvements in survival across the spectrum of...Read more

Executive Health Management

People-powered-health-movement-for-patients

2019 22 May

The People Powered Health Movement is ignited by Accreditation Canada (AC) and the newly created Health Standards Organization (HSO) and has a bold ambition of achieving quality health services for all. This interview was conducted with Leslee J. Thompson during the International Patient Experience Symposium in Abu Dhabi. Health Standards...Read more

IMAGING Management

Machine-learning-can-automate-charting-using-patient-doctor-conversations

2019 26 Mar

Automating symptoms recording clerical aspects of medical record keeping through speech recognition during a patient’s visit 1   could allow physicians to dedicate more time directly with patients, according to a new report published in JAMA Intern Med . Researchers considered the feasibility of using machine learning  to automatically populate...Read more

Executive Health Management

Highlights-from-the-i-i-i-blog-1

2018 22 Sep

(I expert, I question, I answer)  Have you got something to say? Visit  https://healthmanagement.org/blog/index  or contact [email protected].  Bethan Herring Emergency Department Clinical Fellow - Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust, UK TOP QUOTE FROM BLOG Prompt cards in the Emergency Department “Prompt...Read more

IMAGING Management

Study-need-for-rigorous-qi-methods-in-radiology

2018 13 Sep

Use of iterative cycles to refine interventions reflects engagement of the most basic proven quality improvement (QI) methodology. However, a new systematic review has found that fewer than half (46 percent) of published imaging QI projects used repeated test of change to refine an intervention. "Engagement of iterative cycles was associated...Read more

Executive Health Management

How-can-quality-improvement-be-learned-in-bite-sizes

2018 24 Aug

Quality Improvement (QI) methods in healthcare are normally delivered through classroom-based education. This traditional way of training individuals creates an abundance of barriers such as financial outlay, geographical spread of learners, suitable time and venues for hosting training sessions etc. for educating multi-professional groups who need...Read more

ICU Management

If-you-had-a-magic-wand-what-is-one-thing-you-would-change-about-healthcare-and-why

2018 14 Apr

Nurses leading through innovation The one thing I would change to improve our healthcare system won’t take magic —it’s achievable today. I would empower all direct care nurses as bedside leaders, innovators and catalysts for change.   Why? Because empowering our clinicians at the front line of care results in better patient...Read more

ICU Management

Bringing-new-technologies-to-anaesthesia-are-we-there-yet

2017 22 Nov

Maxime Cannesson, MD, PhD, is Professor of Anesthesiology and Vice Chair for Perioperative Medicine at UCLA. He is the Technology, Computing, and Simulation section editor for Anesthesia & Analgesia. His research interests focus on new technologies applied to anaesthesia and the intensive care unit. We live in a wireless world as consumers,...Read more

IT Management

Artificial-intelligence-explosive-growth

2017 28 Jun

Artificial intelligence is fast becoming integrated in the delivery of healthcare, and increasing use of the technology is expected to result in quality improvement and cost reduction. A new study shows that a variety of clinical AI applications will translate into savings of up to $150 billion in healthcare costs over the next 10 years....Read more

Executive Health Management

Salus-2nd-european-healthcare-design-2016

2016 27 Jun

Global forum, holistic approach  Providing an interdisciplinary forum for policy advisors, researchers and practitioners from around the globe, the 2nd European Healthcare Design 2016 (EHD 2016) Congress & Exhibition will be held on 27–28 June, 2016 at the Royal College of Physicians in London, UK. Organised by Architects for Health and SALUS Global...Read more

Executive Health Management

Hospital-meals-sit-up-for-better-health

2016 28 Mar

New research published in Journal of Advanced Nursing has confirmed what healthcare professionals have always known; patients often eat poorly, and that the hospital mealtime environment may contribute to this problem. Wiley researchers observed 601 meals in four hospital wards during 2013 and made the following interesting findings: ·      ...Read more

Executive Health Management

High-reliability-health-care-summit-2016

2016 22 Feb

In the quest to eliminate preventable harm and consistently deliver outstanding care, many health care organizations seek to learn from the successes of high-reliability organizations (HROs). HROs operate in complex, dynamic environments where there is constant risk of catastrophic failure. Yet these organizations perform well day after day because...Read more

IMAGING Management

Is-your-radiology-department-rapid-response-ready

2015 15 Dec

Mock codes can be useful exercises to identify inadequacies in systems, standards of care, and teamwork that could be remediated in order to optimise patient care and safety, according to a report published in the Journal of Radiology Nursing . Using in situ mock codes can continue to provide practice for responders — both noncode team and code team...Read more

Executive Health Management

Collaboration-biggest-challenge-for-healthcare-lean-management

2015 28 Sep

Use of Lean management methodology to improve care efficiencies is new for healthcare. A new report in The Journal of Nursing Administration describes how a Lean-based in the emergency department of a large hospital significantly reduced patients’ wait times and length of stay, while improving patient throughput and satisfaction level. The approach...Read more

ICU Management

Paediatric-communication-improves-with-family-input

2015 10 Sep

Poor communication between medical teams and families can lead to errors and poor-quality care. New research has demonstrated that a multidisciplinary improvement team involving a family advisor can be effective in helping improve communication between care teams and families in paediatric intensive care units (PICUs). "Including a family advisor as...Read more

IT Management

American-college-of-cardiology-aims-for-phm

2015 11 Aug

The American College of Cardiology has added population health management (PHM) to its five-year strategic plan, indicating its resolve to further strengthen efforts with PHM. In fact, the ACC also formed a committee to address policy and health promotion surrounding population health. The College is looking to tackle cardiovascular disease as part...Read more

IT Management

New-it-resource-for-safety-net-primary-care

2015 01 Aug

Primary Care Information Network (https://www.pcin.org) is a new online resource intended to help improve practices of safety net primary care providers. The website features a library of tools and resources — all of which are free to download — that can help providers tackle issues such as scheduling workflows, care coordination and management, and...Read more

Executive Health Management

Acs-nsqip-data-more-accurate-than-administrative-data

2015 30 Jul

Data from the American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program (ACS NSQIP ® ) are more accurate than administrative data for driving surgical quality improvement in hospitals, according to two new studies presented at the 2015 ACS NSQIP National Conference in Chicago. The first study, conducted by Inova Health System in Virginia,...Read more

IMAGING Management

Low-tech-tool-benefits-radiologists

2015 14 Jun

In an era of sophisticated business analytics and elaborate social media campaigns, one low-tech tool remains useful: a survey of key stakeholders. For the Department of Radiology at New York University (NYU) Langone Medical Center, use of this low-tech tool has made a lot of difference in terms of service quality improvements and greater collaboration...Read more

Executive Health Management

Shadowing-improves-patient-care-experience

2015 29 Apr

Understanding every moment of the patient and family experience in their journeys through a healthcare system — from parking in the hospital garage to being treated in the ICU — is key to achieving patient-centred care. This is the philosophy behind a novel quality improvement programme implemented at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC)....Read more

IT Management

Natural-language-processing-accurately-tracks-clinical-quality

2015 14 Apr

Hospital systems interested in mining text documents for medical knowledge that can improve the quality of care should consider using natural language processing (NLP). The text analysis technique allows computers to derive meaning from medical records, which can then be interpreted by clinicians and quality control experts. That makes it possible...Read more

ICU Management

Isicem15-quality-in-the-icu-has-many-facets

2015 19 Mar

Quality in the ICU in its many facets was the focus of a session at the International Symposium on Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine in Brussels this week. Early mobilisation is the norm in the ICU nowadays, but if you do not have enough physiotherapists, then which staff can assist? Jean-Michel Constantin (Clermont-Ferrand, France) spoke about...Read more