First U.S.-acquired malaria cases since 2003 reported in Florida and Texas

“Malaria is a medical emergency and should be treated accordingly. Patients suspected of having malaria should be urgently evaluated in a facility that is able to provide rapid diagnosis and treatment, within 24 hours of presentation,” the CDC wrote in a media statement.

Today’s healthcare landscape and patient expectations continue to change, and at the same time, the standard of optimizing healthcare performance has developed beyond the Triple Aim (enhancing the patient experience, improving population health, and lowering costs).

One Brooklyn Health is implementing a health equity initiative that focuses on patient experience.

Health equity has emerged as one of the pressing issues in healthcare. Last year, Health equity was proposed as the fifth element of a Quintuple Aim to guide healthcare improvement efforts

A couple of fairly short (and somewhat disparate, but the risk assessment process can figure in both) items this week: one a question/thought relating to emergency management and the impact of behavioral health patients on evacuation and the other relating to the fine art of interpretation.

Like all tools, social media can be beneficial or harmful depending on how it’s used. And like all tools, when tools are used by the young, inexperienced, and unsupervised, they can cut themselves on some sharp edges. This is the crux of the American Psychological Association’s (APA) health advisory on the use of social media by children and teens.

Everything in a lab has a proper place, and lab workers need to ensure items go where they are supposed to go.

Remember health equity is now an NPSG and surveyors will want to discuss your hospital's ongoing plan.

This is the second part of our interview with Heidi Raines, the CEO and founder of Performance Health Partners and author of “Shared Voices: A Framework for Patient and Employee Safety in Healthcare“ about the importance of a culture of safety, what it can do for a hospital or clinic, and how to keep it running. Today we discuss tips on how to encourage staff input and how to gather leadership support. To read Part 1, click here.