The Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee (HICPAC) held a public meeting August 22, 2024, in Atlanta, GA. Official meeting minutes will be available on the HICPAC website soon. Until then, here is a summary of key issues from the day’s discussion. Watch recording of the live public webcast: HICPAC Meeting – Aug. 22, 2024…
OHA will launch a public website to showcase the key measures used to track progress on the strategic plan
Christopher Fore, M.D., chief quality officer at Concord, describes how clinicians use the tool for mobile chart review, care team collaboration, handoffs, and discharge planning
As Gen AI continues to mature, there will be ways to employ these technologies thoughtfully and safely in healthcare today. The key is to continue to embrace new breakthroughs – with strong guardrails for safety, privacy and transparency. The post Eliminating the AI ‘Black Box’ to Make Clinical Data Usable appeared first on MedCity News.
We must empower health plan members with culturally and linguistically-relevant information about their benefits and health – tools that in turn encourage them to adopt a proactive and informed approach to their well-being. The post Health Literacy Is Not a Multi-Language Insert appeared first on MedCity News.
Could healthcare organizations be doing more to open their digital front door? According to a 2024 study by HIMSS researchers, hospitals that embrace digital technology see stronger patient experience outcomes. This aligns with Experian Health’s most recent State of Patient Access (SOPA) survey, in which patients and providers agreed that patient access had improved thanks…
One of California’s two programs for training nurse-midwives has stopped admitting students while it revamps its curriculum to offer only doctoral degrees, a move that’s drawn howls of protest from alumni, health policy experts, and faculty who accuse the University of California of putting profits above public health needs. UC-San Francisco’s renowned nursing school will…
Finding a nursing home for yourself or a parent can be daunting. Many facilities are understaffed and the worker shortages have gotten worse since the start of the pandemic. KFF Health News senior correspondent Jordan Rau shares tips about finding nearby homes, evaluating staffing levels, what to look for when visiting, and more. Find additional…
Uno de los dos programas de formación de enfermeras parteras de California ha dejado de admitir estudiantes mientras renueva su plan de estudios para ofrecer sólo doctorados, una medida que ha generado protestas de ex alumnos, expertos en políticas de salud y profesores que acusan a la Universidad de California (UC) de anteponer beneficios económicos…
By MICHAEL MILLENSON It’s close to an iron rule: Politics drives policy. In that context, the health policy issues that were largely invisible at the Republican and Democratic conventions taught a crucial political lesson. Start with access. According to KFF (formerly the Kaiser Family Foundation), more than 25 million Americans have been disenrolled from Medicaid as of…