| 1/4/2021 |
Health venture led by Amazon, Berkshire, JPMorgan is ending |
CBS News |
... project could eventually expand to other workers."[W]e share the belief that putting our collective resources behind the country's best talent can, in time, check the rise in health costs while concurrently enhancing patient satisfaction and outcomes," famed investor Warren Buffett, CEO of Berkshire Hathaway, said in a statement at the time.The companies also picked a high-profile CEO, Harvard professor and surgeon Dr. Atul Gawande, to lead ... |
| 1/1/2021 |
Cary Medical Center Receives Two 2021 Women's Choice Awards® |
carymedicalcenter.org |
... award recognizes excellence in several process of care measures focused on patient experiences while in the emergency department while the Obstetrics award evaluates obstetric services based on robust criteria that consider multiple facets of patient satisfaction and clinical excellence.The Emergency Care award is especially significant given that long waits and high crowding can negatively impact patient outcomes, including patients leaving without receiving medical treatment, longer overall length of hospital ... |
| 12/30/2020 |
3 Key Best Practices for Public Health Communication, Education |
Patient Engagement HIT |
Patient Satisfaction News 3 Key Best Practices for Public Health Communication, Education Public health communication needs to focus on clear messaging, inclusivity of message, and the design and images used in the message. Source: Getty ImagesByDecember 30, 2020 - When an emergency strikes, like a global pandemic or a devastating natural disaster, mass education and direction becomes crucial. Federal, state, and local leadership lean on public health communication, messaging ... |
| 12/29/2020 |
Revelstoke Completes Sale of ONsite Mammography |
Business Insider |
... developer and operator of women's health imaging services. We are excited to partner with Olympus to continue to build upon our success.""ONsite is dedicated to offering the highest quality of care and optimizing patient satisfaction ," said Russell Cassella , Managing Partner of Revelstoke. "Together with Karl and his management team, we were able to substantially increase the Company's footprint and significantly expand the Company's service offering and capabilities to better ... |
| 12/20/2020 |
Please reply to this discussion by providing additional thoughts about competing |
homeworkhandlers.com |
... Policies and Practices to Support Healthcare Issues The development of a healthcare policy impacts the needs of patients, workforce availability, and resources available. Thus, developing an approach that balances competing needs to achieve high patient satisfaction and patient outcomes is essential. Healthcare organizations that fail to balance competing needs are more likely to achieve negative results (Hsin, 2017). Some competing demands affected by the lack of nurses in specialty units ... |
| 12/18/2020 |
Vital Software and Collective Medical Partner to Improve Communication in the Emergency Department a |
mikeligalig.com |
... Äôs platform with no additional IT integration to provide real-time updates to their patients so they can contextualize their care process and better engage in their own follow-up care.Studies have shown that patient satisfaction scores at hospitals are often lower for visits beginning in the emergency department, in part due to wait times, lack of information, and unclear next steps. The partnership between Collective and Vital aims to ... |
| 12/17/2020 |
Neuroendovascular procedures linked to patient back pain |
medicalxpress.com |
... pain during the procedure, signaling a need for clinicians to be more proactive in addressing this complaint."Pain management is increasingly recognized as an important marker of high-quality care and is related to patient satisfaction ," said lead researcher Adnan I. Qureshi, MD, a professor of clinical neurology at the MU School of Medicine. "The relatively high prevalence of back pain in patients undergoing neuroendovascular procedures while awake must be ... |
| 12/17/2020 |
AristaMD Recognized as Startup of the Year |
financialbuzz.com |
... specialists on patient care plans, helping reduce the need for face-to-face specialist visits in over 70% of cases. Eliminating unnecessary in-person referrals improves patient wait times, health system quality metrics and patient satisfaction .“We are honored to be recognized as the Globee Awards’ Startup of the Year for the second consecutive year,” said Brooke LeVasseur, CEO of AristaMD. “Within the past year, AristaMD has taken ... |
| 12/16/2020 |
RPM's role in COVID-19 |
healthcarebusinesstech.com |
Remote patient monitoring (RPM) solutions have been emerging within the market for several years, and several studies evaluated and found RPM to improve treatment and access to ongoing care, patient satisfaction , and healthcare costs. Despite the success and proven effectiveness, providers in the past have been slow to adapt to RPM. The changing landscape and challenges of the pandemic have drastically increased the urgency to adopt RPM solutions. Companies specializing ... |
| 12/15/2020 |
New Article published in the Canadian Urological Association Journal |
miamiroboticprostatectomy.com |
... Sanjay Razdan, MD, MCh, FRCS (Glasg) a global leader in prostate cancer surgery and robotic surgery, is pleased to announce that their most recent clinical study, Cooled (4ºC) Lidocaine during office cystoscopy improves patient satisfaction and comfort: A prospective, randomized, double-blind, controlled study was accepted for publication into the Canadian Urological Association Journal.The Canadian Urological Association (CUA) exists to promote the highest standard of urologic care for ... |
| 12/14/2020 |
GE Healthcare and St. Luke's University Health Network Accelerate Breast Cancer Care with First One-Stop Clinic in the U.S. |
scientifictechnologynews.com |
St. Luke’s University Health Network in Pennsylvania to serve as national model for rapid diagnostic breast cancer centers One-stop breast clinics worldwide have revolutionized patient outcomes, with same-day results for 75 percent of patients and 80 percent patient satisfaction at the flagship clinic [1] CHICAGO, IL, December 14, 2020 – GE Healthcare (NYSE: GE) today announced St. Luke’s University Health Network in Pennsylvania will pilot the ... |
| 12/14/2020 |
Financial distress negatively impacts well-being, satisfaction of breast cancer patients - ecancer |
ecancer.org |
... independently associated with worse psychological well-being following a mastectomy or lumpectomy operation.However, even small improvements in financial pressure associated with treatment-related costs can lead to better mental well-being and higher patient satisfaction with breast reconstruction, according to an "article in press" published on the website of the Journal of the American College of Surgeons ahead of print.Women undergoing breast cancer surgery are vulnerable to financial ... |
| 12/11/2020 |
How Can Hospitality Industry Tips Optimize Patient Experience in EEG? |
neurologyinsights.com |
... a background in hotel management to run its neurophysiology unit. Amy Reynolds has been at Houston Methodist for nearly seven years now. The department has doubled in size, from 11 to 22 staff members. Patient satisfaction reports and scores are an important part of her department’s success, but it wasn’t her primary focus when she arrived. She first had to lay a foundation for improved patient care and ... |
| 12/9/2020 |
Shared Decision-Making Empowers Patients with Information and Options to Benefit Bone and Joint Care |
healthnewsdigest.com |
... on completely autonomous or passive roles. [iii] , [iv] SDM has been shown to: Reduce decisional conflict (e.g., uncertainty over which course of action to take) Increase patient knowledge [v] Improve health outcomes and increase patient satisfaction [vi] “Shared decision-making is a partnership fueled by a discussion that should be initiated by the physician,” said Robert A. Probe, MD, FAAOS, orthopaedic surgeon at Baylor Scott & White Health, Temple, TX ... |
| 12/9/2020 |
Capital Digestive Care Offers Same-Day Colonoscopy Prep with New HyGieaCare® Center in Rockville, MD |
Globe Newswire |
... safe and easy bowel prep on the same day as their scheduled colonoscopy. More than 15,000 patients across the country have chosen HyGieaCare for their colonoscopy prep with excellent clinical results and a 96% patient satisfaction rate.“For many patients, the traditional oral prep can be the most difficult part of a colonoscopy and can even result in patients deciding to forgo this potentially life-saving screening,” said Dr ... |