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Improving Quality of Care: The Vital Role of People’s Voices
2022 28 Mar
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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
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
Reducing Risks and Generating Economic Benefits
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
ACS - American College of Surgeons - Quality and Safety Conference 2019
2019 19 Jul
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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
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
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
Highlights from the I-I-I Blog
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