Tag Archives: Care

4 ways lean health care helps hospitals confront sepsis and other safety concerns

Patient safety is a top health care priority, but determining how to consistently ensure highest quality can be a complex process that doesn’t always provide a clear path toward action. Confronting safety concerns—and preventing patient harm, delays, and errors in care—can be even more challenging in larger organizations in which support from executives, clinical and… Read More »

Health care worker suicides hint at Covid-19 mental health crisis to come – STAT

The U.S. entered a grim new chapter in the coronavirus saga with the recent deaths by suicide of two health care workers on the front lines of the fight against Covid-19 in New York City: emergency medical technician John Mondello and emergency physician Lorna Breen. Health care workers are well-trained to manage the intensity of… Read More »

More Patients Turning to ‘Direct Primary Care’

Josh Umbehr, MD, CEO, AtlasMD, Wichita, KS. Jeffrey S. Gold, MD, founder, Gold Direct Care, Marblehead, MA. Jeffrey S. Puglisi, MD, founding partner, Glenville Medical Concierge Care, Greenwich, CT. Thomas W. LaGrelius, MD, founder Skypark Preferred Concierge Care, Torrance, CA. Kevin Boyd, Wichita, KS. Mick Lowderman. Mike Scheidt, Wichita, KS. Laurianne Bourque, 42, who works… Read More »

Accessing medical records improves patient care, but only 10% of patients do so

Despite the numerous benefits associated with patients accessing their medical records, a study published in Health Affairs found only 10% of patients utilize the resource. Researchers expected to find inequities in use and access — in theory, driven by existing digital disparities, those who don’t use English as a first-language or communities without access to… Read More »