Most organizations agree that ending avoidable disparities and harm in healthcare is not just a social concern, but a patient safety one as well—one that will require strong, engaged, and committed leadership.
At the end of the IHI’s presentation, viewers were able to ask some leadership...
At the national level, vaccination rates for vaccine-preventable diseases are stable, but healthcare providers need to address vaccine hesitancy at the local level, an infectious disease expert says.
As practitioners, we don’t always have the privilege to determine what is ethical or not. That is why most fiduciary bodies of medicine, law, clergy, and many others have ethical standards for their membership. In fact, most of these organizations have the power to remove members if they fail to...
When the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline was launched nationally in July 2022, many viewed it as a huge step forward in mental healthcare. However, since its rollout, some have taken to social media to decry the Lifeline, claiming potential abuses of patient rights. And those unsure of what’s...
The focus on profits in U.S. healthcare is “damaging,” Institute for Healthcare Improvement President Emeritus and Senior Fellow Donald Berwick, MD, said during last week’s IHI Forum in Orlando, Florida.
On November 28, The World Health Organization (WHO) announced that it would start referring to the monkeypox virus as “mpox,” in an attempt to stymie racist and stigmatizing associations.
A Florida health system is putting social determinants of health (SDOH) right into the electronic health record problem list, where doctors can see and act on them.