Healthcare IT News July 5, 2024
A culture of analytics, starting with leadership at the top, is key for hospitals and health systems that aim to bolster care delivery and manage other healthcare challenges, says one patient safety expert.
Patient safety challenges are exacerbated by healthcare workforce challenges. However, a workplace culture focused on measuring what goes wrong and making changes to address root causes – powered by reporting and analytics technology and encouraged by the example set by top leadership – can address these significant forces impacting care delivery.
As healthcare workers signaled plans to leave the industry after the burnout of the COVID-19 pandemic years, the non-profit Emergency Care Research Institute said in 2022 that it was concerned about a widespread increase in...