Health Care 2030: The Coming Transformation | NEJM Catalyst
WEBMar 3, 2021 · Health Care 2030: The Coming Transformation. The next decade will see major shifts in the design of health systems and health care, propelled by digital health, growing consumerism, mounting financial constraints, and accelerated by Covid-19. Authors: Eyal Zimlichman, MD, MSc, Wendy Nicklin, BN, MSc (A), ICDD, Rajesh …
What Is Patient-Centered Care? - NEJM Catalyst
WEBJan 1, 2017 · The primary goal and benefit of patient-centered care is to improve individual health outcomes, not just population health outcomes, although population outcomes may also improve. Not only do patients benefit, but providers and health care systems benefit as well, through: •. Improved satisfaction scores among patients and their families.
What Is Patient Flow? - NEJM Catalyst
WEBJan 1, 2018 · Learn more. Patient flow is the movement of patients through a healthcare facility. It involves the medical care, physical resources, and internal systems needed to get patients from the point of admission to the point of discharge while maintaining quality and patient/provider satisfaction. Improving patient flow is a critical component of ...
Emergency Department Crowding: The Canary in the Health Care …
WEBSep 28, 2021 · Emergency department crowding is a sentinel indicator of health system functioning. While often dismissed as mere inconvenience for patients, impact of ED crowding on avoidable patient morbidity and mortality is well documented but remains largely underappreciated. The physical and moral harm experienced by ED staff is also …
NEJM Catalyst | Practical Innovations in Health Care Delivery
WEB5 days ago · NEJM Catalyst Innovations in Care Delivery, a peer-reviewed journal from NEJM Group, publishes twelve digital issues a year focusing on the latest innovations, big ideas, and practical solutions for health care delivery transformation. Explore the current issue and other information about the journal. View issue.
A Nurse Is Not Just a Nurse: The Challenges of Nursing During a ...
WEBMar 17, 2021 · The Executive Vice President and Chief Nursing Officer for CommonSpirit Health discusses challenges nurses are facing during the Covid-19 pandemic, predominantly in terms of staffing, burnout, and compassion fatigue and PTSD; how burnout has been a problem in nursing for decades; and involving nurses in the vision for the …
Health Inequity and Racism Affects Patients and Health Care …
WEBFeb 17, 2021 · Advisor Analysis. Covid-19 is taking a toll on health care organizations’ ability to provide equitable access to care, revealing that much work needs to be done to overcome disparities in care, according to a recent NEJM Catalyst Insights Council survey on health equity. “The Covid-19 pandemic has magnified issues to the extent that ...
Reforming Health Care: The Single System Solution
WEBAug 19, 2020 · The flaws of the U.S. health care system have been exposed and exacerbated by the coronavirus pandemic. This paper posits three underlying causes of our persistent poor performance: flawed assumptions; inadequate information; and fragmented delivery, payment, and insurance systems that make it easier to profit by shifting risk or …
Power and Participation: How Community Health Centers Address …
WEBDec 15, 2021 · As of 2021, there are more than 1,400 health centers in the United States, serving more than 14,500 service delivery locations; these include organizations designated as Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs) and Health Center Program look-alikes.Health centers serve more than 28 million patients, 58% of whom are members of …
What Is Risk Management in Healthcare? - NEJM Catalyst
WEBApr 25, 2018 · Risk management in healthcare comprises the clinical and administrative systems, processes, and reports employed to detect, monitor, assess, mitigate, and prevent risks. By employing risk management, healthcare organizations proactively and systematically safeguard patient safety as well as the organization’s assets, market …