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CMO
Making a Business Case for Infection Preventionists
Making a business case for hiring new infection preventionists starts with gathering data on the current state of infection rates...
Revenue Cycle
Rev Cycle Leaders Expect AI to Do More Than Number-Crunching
Allegheny Health, a member of the HealthLeaders Mastermind program on AI in revenue cycle managemet and finance operations, is using...
CMO
How to Improve Antibiotics Stewardship for Pediatric Patients
With financial support from the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute, AdventHealth is tackling antibiotics use for acute respiratory infections.
CMO
CMOs Should be Addressing Antimicrobial Resistant Pathogens
A spike of antimicrobial resistant pathogens during the coronavirus pandemic does not bode well for the future.
Pharma
Florida's RSV Season Has Started, and It's Coming Soon to the Rest of U.S. Here's a Primer.
While the virus has traditionally been thought of as a childhood ailment that affects babies, older adults can suffer from...
CMO
The Ending of the Physician Era. Begin the Age of the APP.
Physicians are in short supply. They are costly. Is the APP the answer to the CMO's workforce and budget challenges?
CMO
How Providence Reduced Sepsis Deaths 3 Years in a Row
CCO Hoda Asmar says the health system improved sepsis care during the first two years by focusing on two processes,...
CMO
How IU Health Cut Healthcare-Associated Infections by 50%
The health system has focused on catheter-associated urinary tract infection, central line-associated bloodstream infection, Clostridium difficile, methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, and...
CMO
AdventHealth Hospital Makes Impact by Doubling Infection Prevention Staff
The hospital has not had a central line-associated bloodstream infection or a catheter-associated urinary tract infection in the past eight...
CMO
Banner Health Initiative Reduces Surgical Site Infections
The performance improvement effort was implemented at every one of the health system's hospitals.
Technology
Researchers Use AI to Identify Healthcare-Based Outbreaks
A study launched in 82 HCA Healthcare hospitals found that an AI tool could help staff identify and react to...
Pharma
The Path to a Better Tuberculosis Vaccine Runs Through Montana
The University of Montana Center for Translational Medicine specializes in improving and creating vaccines by adding novel adjuvants.