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Futurist leads Feb. 24 webinar on health care transformation

Futurist Ian Morrison, PhD, will lead Futurescan 2021-2026, a webinar for hospital and health system leaders exploring key forces and important insights gleaned by experts who contributed to the Society for Health Care Strategy & Market Development’s annual guide to trends in the field.

Framework can help hospitals keep ventilated patients safe

After recognizing high rates of airway complications among mechanically ventilated COVID-19 patients, a team at the University of Pennsylvania Health System, Philadelphia, devised the I-READI conceptual framework to help health care organizations respond to quality and safety challenges during crises or periods of capacity strain.

Report: Long-term care hospitals playing critical role during pandemic

Long-term acute care hospitals have played a critical role during the COVID-19 public health emergency, according to a new report by ATI Advisory.

Share your insights; survey closes Feb. 17

AONL is conducting a brief survey to measure nurse leaders’ perceptions of key concerns and challenges related to COVID-19.

Webinar features key innovations driving outcomes in a pandemic

Baldridge Winner Adventist Health White Memorial leaders will share the strategies and technologies the organization leveraged to maintain and improve quality metrics and staff wellness during the COVID-19 pandemic.

NQF will create framework linking telehealth, readiness and outcomes

To help rural communities address the challenges of delivering quality care via telehealth, especially during emergencies, the National Quality Forum (NQF) announced it convened a committee this week in partnership with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.

CDC outlines implications of coronavirus variant

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), a more highly transmissible variant of SARS-CoV-2, B.1.1.7, has been detected in 12 U.S. states, putting the country at risk for a rise in COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations and deaths.

Pandemic suggests need to reform nursing registration

The COVID-19 pandemic left many hospital systems struggling to overcome imbalances in the national supply of nurses.

Protocol reduces self-harm for at-risk ED patients

A protocol reduced episodes of self-harm among at-risk patients in one large, urban emergency department (ED) by more than half, according to a study in this month’s Journal on Quality and Patient Safety.