Everybody knows patient safety is important, but a reminder every once in a while never hurts. This particular reminder comes to us in the form of the Institute for Healthcare Improvement’s annual Patient Safety Awareness Week, scheduled for March 10–16, 2019. Throughout the week, the non-profit organization hopes that hospital and health system staff open […]
Author: Bob Modlinski
Hello Horizons: A Preview of CQA’s Revamped Yearly Roadmap
Every January since 2013, HBI’s Cost & Quality Academy has been giving its members a preview of the upcoming year’s prominent trends in the healthcare industry. The annual Thesis report provided prospective topical insight and solutions to common challenges in areas such as patient care experience and delivery, population and disease management, and regulatory changes. […]
Saturation Genome Editing: Can it Determine Breast Cancer Risk?
Just in time for Breast Cancer Awareness Month, a recently published study by cancer researchers at the University of Washington has appeared to do something that no one or organization has done before: Given physicians, patients, and the general public a list of which BRCA1 gene variants are deemed safe and which can potentially cause […]
From A to Z with a Special Stop at H: Amazon’s Joint Venture Into Healthcare
Announced in late January, three international mega-companies are joining forces to enhance their United States employees’ satisfaction and reduce overall healthcare costs. Amazon, the world’s third-largest retailer; Berkshire Hathaway, a conglomerate holding company chaired by billionaire Warren Buffett and the world’s third-largest public company; and JP Morgan Chase & Co, the world’s third-largest bank are […]
Wake Up, Get a New Knee or Hip, and Go Home: Outpatient Joint Replacements
With surgical procedures continuing to become less invasive and pain management and medication becoming more effective, the idea of someone undergoing a major surgery—like joint replacement—during the day and sleeping in their own bed that same night isn’t as farfetched as it once was. If you add in the right type of patient, you may […]