What Is Risk Management in Healthcare? - NEJM Catalyst
Apr 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 share ...
What Is Patient-Centered Care? - NEJM Catalyst
Jan 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.
Health Care 2030: The Coming Transformation | NEJM Catalyst
Mar 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.
Diversity and Inclusiveness in Health Care Leadership: Three Key …
Jun 7, 2021 · The authors offer three recommendations for health care leaders and their boards: (1) recognize that diversity is necessary but will not, alone, create a just and inclusive culture; (2) be aware that every leader is at risk for blind spots; and (3) appreciate that concepts of leadership and stereotypical traits of leaders among existing leaders ...
What Is Lean Healthcare? - NEJM Catalyst
Apr 27, 2018 · Lean Healthcare is the application of “lean” ideas in healthcare to minimize waste with ongoing process improvement. Learn how to use Lean to improve patient satisfaction and care outcomes while reducing costs. This article appeared in NEJM Catalyst prior to the launch of the NEJM Catalyst Innovations in Care Delivery journal. Learn more.
What Is Telehealth? - NEJM Catalyst
Feb 1, 2018 · Learn more. Telehealth is defined as the delivery and facilitation of health and health-related services including medical care, provider and patient education, health information services, and self-care via telecommunications and digital communication technologies. Live video conferencing, mobile health apps, “store and forward” electronic ...
Patient Satisfaction Surveys - NEJM Catalyst
Jan 1, 2018 · Patient satisfaction surveys attempt to translate subjective results into meaningful, quantifiable, and actionable data. Patient satisfaction surveys capture self-reported patient assessments of multiple touchpoints during their medical care experience. Depending on what aspect of patient satisfaction is being measured, examples may include ...
What Is Value-Based Healthcare? - NEJM Catalyst
Jan 1, 2017 · Value-based healthcare is a healthcare delivery model in which providers, including hospitals and physicians, are paid based on patient health outcomes. Under value-based care agreements, providers are rewarded for helping patients improve their health, reduce the effects and incidence of chronic disease, and live healthier lives in an evidence ...
What Is Patient Flow? - NEJM Catalyst
Jan 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 ...
Health Inequity and Racism Affects Patients and Health Care …
Feb 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 ...