Quality healthcare Archives - ECS International https://ecsii.com/category/quality-healthcare/ ECS International, ECSII, Healthcare Mon, 27 Jan 2025 21:14:13 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://ecsii.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/cropped-1-e14442028662682-32x32.png Quality healthcare Archives - ECS International https://ecsii.com/category/quality-healthcare/ 32 32 How to Make Healthcare With AI More Equitable https://ecsii.com/how-to-make-healthcare-with-ai-more-equitable/ Mon, 27 Jan 2025 21:05:22 +0000 https://ecsii.com/?p=5738 Reprinted: Gastroenterology & Endoscopy News, 1-20-2025 Artificial intelligence has the potential to deliver unprecedented value in healthcare, but the same equity challenges that persist in other areas of healthcare must be addressed in the world of AI as well, noted Maia Hightower, MD, MPH, MBA, in a presentation at the American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy’s 2024 Global Gastroenterology and Read More

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]]> Is public, quality healthcare possible in the United States? https://ecsii.com/is-public-quality-healthcare-possible-in-the-united-states/ Wed, 18 Dec 2024 20:54:23 +0000 https://ecsii.com/?p=5729 Reprinted: Peoples Dispatch, 12-17-2024 Healthcare workers in the US have long been fighting for a radical transformation of the current for-profit healthcare system in order to provide quality care to all. People in the US pay billions towards the health insurance industry, yet many in the healthcare field believe that this industry does little to Read More

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]]> Healthcare And Data – How To Measure Quality https://ecsii.com/healthcare-and-data-how-to-measure-quality/ Tue, 27 Jun 2023 21:07:27 +0000 https://ecsii.com/?p=4791 Reprinted: Forbes, 6-27-2023 We rate Uber drivers, restaurants, Amazon delivery, and much more, but when it comes to our own health experience, we often have little to no data. That’s especially scary because the business model of the health care provider (e.g., Doctor) is to get money from the insurance company. The patient is actually Read More

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]]> Will the U.S. Ever Be a Leader in Health Care? A Public Health Expert Weighs In https://ecsii.com/will-the-u-s-ever-be-a-leader-in-health-care-a-public-health-expert-weighs-in/ Tue, 10 Aug 2021 21:35:09 +0000 https://ecsii.com/?p=4098 Meghan Fitzgerald, RN, MPH, DrPH, is an adjunct associate professor with the Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health and a private equity investor. She has decades of experience working in the healthcare field, ranging from frontline patient care to advising prominent healthcare firms. Here, she shares her view on what it will take to Read More

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]]> Wrong Leg Amputation Focuses Attention on Surgical Errors and other Medical Mistakes https://ecsii.com/wrong-leg-amputation-focuses-attention-on-surgical-errors-and-other-medical-mistakes/ Wed, 14 Jul 2021 21:30:16 +0000 https://ecsii.com/?p=4049 When an Austrian man had the wrong leg amputated this month, journalists and researchers took a look at medical mistakes, which were thought to be the third leading cause of death in the U.S. prior to 2020. “Human error” resulted in a man having the wrong leg amputated at a major Austrian hospital.  The error occurred when Read More

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]]> What is Quality Improvement in Healthcare? https://ecsii.com/what-is-quality-improvement-in-healthcare/ Wed, 14 Jul 2021 18:03:54 +0000 https://ecsii.com/?p=4044 When healthcare leaders set goals for their organizations, such as preventing patient falls, or a medical system aims to lower opioid use after surgery, they use a process called quality improvement. But what is quality improvement in healthcare really about? “Quality improvement is the systematic approach that is guided by data to improve the quality Read More

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]]> 2021’s 12 worst states for quality senior health care https://ecsii.com/2021s-12-worst-states-for-quality-senior-health-care/ Mon, 05 Jul 2021 20:33:49 +0000 https://ecsii.com/?p=4003 To determine the best and worst states for older adults’ health care, Medicare Guide compared the 50 states and the District of Columbia across the key categories of cost, access and quality, evaluating them with 24 relevant metrics. Researchers graded each metric on a 100-point scale, with a score of 100 representing the best health Read More

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]]> Accreditation in the global healthcare marketplace https://ecsii.com/accreditation-in-the-global-healthcare-marketplace/ Thu, 06 May 2021 18:02:58 +0000 https://ecsii.com/?p=3844 Tatum Anderson assesses the range of international hospital accreditations available on the global market today – looking at what each of these signifies in terms of international patient care – and how benchmarks can vary between standards, regions and private versus public hospitals Look up a hospital website, and the best in the world will Read More

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]]> About 46 million Americans can’t afford quality health care, according to Gallup https://ecsii.com/about-46-million-americans-cant-afford-quality-health-care-according-to-gallup/ Tue, 13 Apr 2021 15:46:46 +0000 https://ecsii.com/?p=3776 Quality health care is unaffordable for an estimated 46 million Americans, according to a new study from Gallup and health care research firm West Health. A web survey of 3,753 adults living in all 50 U.S. states conducted from Feb. 15-21 via the Gallup Panel, a research panel built to be representative of the entire U.S. population, indicated that an Read More

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]]> Black Patients Often Treated at Hospitals With Poorer Safety Records: Report https://ecsii.com/black-patients-often-treated-at-hospitals-with-poorer-safety-records-report/ Wed, 31 Mar 2021 17:42:50 +0000 https://ecsii.com/?p=3746 Compared with white patients, Black adults are at a distinct disadvantage when it comes to hospital safety in the United States, a new report warns. Black patients are significantly less likely to gain access to “high-quality” hospitals, an Urban Institute analysis found. As a result, they’re much more likely to undergo surgical procedures in facilities Read More

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