Quality and Safety
The company will enter into a value-based contract with Cigna and an initiative with CVS Health based on screening and education.
Quality care, affordable coverage and collaboration with insurers are among the new tenets of the organization’s mission statement.
A Declaration of Principles includes psychological and emotional wellbeing, justice and physical safety, says UCLA Hospital System CEO Johnese Spisso.
About half of the leaders surveyed identified this lack of vision as an impediment to these ongoing digital transformation initiatives.
The companies points to telehealth and virtual care as areas of vulnerability, and sees ransomware attacks as an ongoing threat.
There was no direct link between low-value care exposure and favorable patient ratings.
Dr. Hans Kluge, WHO regional director for Europe, discusses the importance of universal health coverage and moving from a reactive to a preventative health system.
Burnout is causing more nurses to leave the profession, but recent advances in technology are helping to ease their burden.
Four who received the placebo tested positive for the virus, a result consistent with a vaccine efficacy of 100%.
Working with the Institute for Healthcare Improvement and Vocera, one facet of the new coalition's mission is health justice as a critical component of safety.