The recent research article, which was published by Critical Care Medicine, describes the results of a randomized, controlled quality improvement initiative conducted at The MetroHealth System in Cleveland. The article features data collected from 598 patients, with 285 patients in the...
Review your emergency preparedness plans to ensure you have contingency plans for emergencies within an emergency, and drill staff on evacuating patients up or down stairwells.
As the president and CEO of the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI), Kedar Mate, MD, is the leader of one of the top healthcare reform organizations in the world. IHI was founded in 1991. The nonprofit organization has been involved in a range of healthcare improvement initiatives,...
The 50 states and Washington, D.C., experienced an average of five fewer deaths from COVID-19 per 10,000 adult residents as a result of early vaccination efforts through May 9, according to the study. Adjusting for population size, New York saw the largest estimated reduction, with 11.7 fewer...
About 14% of respondents to a new the survey reported that access to telehealth kept them out of the emergency department. The new national survey of 1776 people, conducted by telephone in June and July by the ...
Telehealth as a percentage of all medical claims rose 2% nationally from April to May after dropping for the three previous months, according to nonprofit FAIR Health’s Monthly Telehealth Regional Tracker. Overall, telehealth represented 5% of all medical claims in May, up from 4.9% in April,...
