The Healthcare Blog

JANUARY 27, 2025

You demand an immediate safety review to understand what happened and why. The patient safety team moves quickly to investigate, and they discover that the patient was a young woman who had given birth to her first child just two weeks ago at one of your hospitals. Now, seemingly out of nowhere, they are gone.

Discharges

The Healthcare Blog

MARCH 18, 2025

the anodyne title of health scientist administrator masks a beyond-the-data devotion to patient safety. A 2023 report by the Presidents Council of Advisors on Science and Technology declared patient safety an urgent national public health issue. This year, thats the next-to-last day of Patient Safety Awareness Week.

Patient Safety

Minority Nurse

OCTOBER 12, 2022

Safety Across the Board. Hospitals are constantly striving to improve patient safety. However, a safer work environment extends beyond patient safety through lower nurse-to-patient ratios. A Magnet appointment is an investment into a safer physical work environment for the nurses.

Hospital

Minority Nurse

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

Nurse practitioner malpractice data can be used to inform and address areas of clinical improvement as well as help to improve the quality of care and patient safety. Common missing or incomplete documentation noted in the dataset included: Lack of a complete patient and family history. Incomplete physical assessment.

Vital Signs

Practice Index

JULY 4, 2024

Doctors worry about safety because of inadequate appointment times In a survey for the Royal College of GPs, most GPs feel they don’t have enough time to undertake adequate assessment and treatment of patients, and report excessive workloads. Practice appointments “exceed ambitions” Practices delivered nearly 30.5

Huddles/Rounds

Practice Index

JULY 18, 2024

However, fewer than half reported it being easy to contact their practice and 34% said they waited too long for an appointment. said their needs were met at their last appointment. In the survey, 91% of GPs said they could not meet patient demand. Almost all fear for patient safety. In the survey, 89.9%

Huddles/Rounds

Valant

JULY 5, 2024

Streamline Documentation: Use digital forms and automated systems to collect patient information before their first visit. Pre-Visit Communication: Ensure patients receive all necessary information before their appointment, including directions or telehealth instructions.

Patient Satisfaction

Medical Advantage

MARCH 28, 2024

Whether it is through secure messaging, telehealth services, or interactive patient portals, these tools offer multiple avenues for patients to engage with their healthcare. The opportunity for patients to take charge of their own health leads to better outcomes and improved patient satisfaction.

Patient Satisfaction

Practice Index

JUNE 20, 2024

London drive to improve practice safety Practices in London have received a wide-ranging package of support to help them tackle threats to safety. The resources, from the Londonwide Local Medical Committees, deal with threats to the safety of staff and risks to patient safety from overworked staff.

Huddles/Rounds

Practice Index

OCTOBER 17, 2024

The proposal to raise funding is aimed at attracting and retaining more GPs, as well as bolstering support staff, which would ultimately improve patient care and reduce hospital admissions. If this funding comes through, we’d be able to offer more appointments, take on more locums, and hopefully provide the care we’re supposed to.

Admissions

Walker Info - Patient Experience

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

Patient experience is more than feeling good about feeling good. The definition of care now includes every touchpoint—from appointments to invoices and everything in between. In fact, more than 70% of patients would switch healthcare providers to improve their experience. Patient safety and health is priority number one.

Patient Experience

Valant

MARCH 14, 2024

EHRs streamline these tasks by automating routine, repetitive processes such as appointment scheduling , patient communications, and insurance claims processing. It allows for resources to be allocated most efficiently, freeing up valuable time for clinicians and staff to focus on patient care and the patient experience.

Billing

Valant

JULY 3, 2024

Benefits of Medication Management Alone Although therapy can be useful and beneficial for many patients, research shows that medications have an important role to play in the treatment of depression, anxiety disorders, schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, and some forms of substance and eating disorders.

Medication

Healthcare Law Insights blog

MARCH 13, 2024

For example, the country’s largest for-profit hospital system suffered a theft of health data impacting as many as 11 million patients , including patients’ names, addresses, and dates of birth and information on patient service dates, locations, and the dates of upcoming appointments.

Billing

Practice Builders

MARCH 28, 2024

In this blog post, we’ll explore how these metrics can help practitioners build a culture of continuous improvement and patient-centric care, promote healthcare equity, and help medical practices deliver the highest quality of care to their patients.

Patient Satisfaction

Health Populi

JUNE 5, 2024

How AI can democratize and enchant health care – the WHO perspective In January 2024 I explored the World Health Organization’s report on Ethics & Governance of Artificial Intelligence for Health in my Health Populi blog.

Unit Organization and Environment

Medical Advantage

JANUARY 10, 2024

CDSS encompasses a range of tools and interventions, both computerized and non-computerized, that are instrumental in assisting healthcare practitioners to make more accurate decisions by integrating clinical knowledge with patient data while meeting interoperability standards. Problem: Keeping up with maintenance needs.

Diagnostics

Doximity

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

He serves on the STS Council on Quality, Research, and Patient Safety, Workforce on Quality, and Workforce on Health Policy, Advocacy, and Reform. She was recently interviewed by KevinMD on this subject due to her featured blog in Texas Academy Family Physicians journal and website as member voices.

Follow-Up

Arkenea

DECEMBER 2, 2024

Information Managed by Patient Portal Software Patient portal software is built to streamline workflow and make healthcare accessible for patients. Enhanced Patient Care Patients can get annoyed by long waiting hours and freeing up time for appointments.

HIPAA

Practice Index

OCTOBER 3, 2024

Practices urged to adopt new patient safety measures Practices in England are being encouraged to adopt new measures to protect patient safety. NHS England wants practices to appoint patient safety leads and to use a Learn from Patient Safety Events service to record incidents of harm.

Huddles/Rounds

Practice Index

OCTOBER 17, 2024

Primary care to get new Chief Inspector A Chief Inspector of primary care is to be appointed as part of CQC reforms. Health Secretary Wes Streeting said: “An overly complex system of healthcare regulation and oversight is no good for patients or providers. The regional BMA also raised concerns.

Huddles/Rounds

Southern Careers Institute

JULY 31, 2023

With the support of medical assistants, physicians can expand their reach and offer timely care to quite a larger number of patients. MAs simplify patient flow, optimize appointment scheduling, and ensure efficient care coordination, leading to enhanced patient access and improved continuity of care.

Medical Assistant

Practice Index

APRIL 17, 2025

Announcing details of the scheme, Health Minister Karin Smyth said: By caring for patients closer to home, we save time and stop masses of people having to head to hospital for unnecessary appointments in the first place. During March, nearly 47,000 patients waited for longer than 12 hours in emergency departments before admission.

Huddles/Rounds

Guideway Care

JANUARY 14, 2025

Their pivotal role entails administering intricate chemotherapy regimens with a deep knowledge that is crucial for patient safety during treatment. These oncology nurses diligently observe patients throughout their chemotherapy appointments, attentively addressing any negative reactions that might arise.

Certification

Practice Index

DECEMBER 12, 2024

Health Secretary Wes Streeting has issued an order that patient safety must be the priority, and that services should give priority to patients in the greatest clinical need. The petition has been organised by friends of a woman who blame a phone appointment for her not being diagnosed with cancer last year.

Huddles/Rounds