Health Populi

APRIL 3, 2024

The phrase “patient safety” summons up a list of common sources such as medication errors, surgical errors, health care-associated infections, diagnostic errors, among other adverse events and harms people experience in the course of receiving health care. “Safety is the foundation of healthcare.

Patient Safety 83

Patient Safety Teamwork Patient Experience Diagnostics 83

Health Populi

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Every year when American Thanksgiving weekend comes along, you’ll find folks involved in digital imaging flocking to chilly Chicago to convene at McCormick Place for the 2023 annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America — RSNA for short.

Communication 87

Communication Diagnostics Triage Outpatient Care 87

Health Populi

JUNE 18, 2024

The study was fielded between December 2023 and February 2024. For the report, Philips surveyed a total of 2,800 healthcare leaders consisting of 200 respondents in 14 countries: Australia, Brazil, China, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, Poland, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Africa, the United Kingdom, and the United States.

Triage 71

Triage Appointments Collaboration Scheduling 71

Health Populi

MARCH 12, 2024

health care providers could have lost as much as $1 billion a day in daily revenue during the outage (compared with 2023). I’ll leave you with thoughts on patients’ access to medicines, already a stress-inducing issue for families whether dealing with sick kids or older folks managing Medicare Part D and cash in retirement.

Insurance 90

Insurance Hospital Patient Safety Patient Care 90

Health Populi

DECEMBER 7, 2022

CHPA’s Educational Foundation has partnered with other retailers and manufacturers to educate and inspire safe medicines storage and disposal (via the “Up and Away” campaign with the CDC), with CVS for National Safety Month, and with Walmart on the “Know Your Dose” campaign, among others.

Collaboration 62

Collaboration Patient Experience Follow-Up Medication 62

Health Populi

JUNE 20, 2024

adults reported feeling stressed as of March 2024, compared with 60% in 2023 — most likely to feel stressed are women, people in lower income households, and Hispanic people. published this month on spending by program for FY 2023. Now consider finance and food: two-thirds of U.S. Research from the USDA (the U.S.

Medication 71

Medication Patient Safety Patient Experience Hospital 71

Health Populi

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

We heard first-hand from one of the nurse-hacker-presenters that she herself was attacked by a patient — her experience being all-too-“normal” in 2023. This leads to a range of mental health, clinical, and economic impacts — moral distress up, job satisfaction down in the case of the employee scenario.

Follow-Up 149

Follow-Up Hospital Admissions Best Practices 149