Controlling healthcare acquired infections in the superbug era

July 8, 2019

Even the cleanest hospitals can serve as breeding grounds for dangerous microbes. Viral particles launched by a sneeze or by a change of bed linens hover in the air, to be inhaled by patients or to land on intravenous poles. Pathogens deposited into a box of surgical gloves hitch a ride, via central line, to a patients bloodstream, or via catheter to the urinary tract. Bacteria travel from the bed rail of an infected patient to the hands of a nurse and from there to vulnerable patients.8 The web of transmission routes is vast, complex, and invisible.

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Helping Healthcare Organizations Become More Data Intelligent

whitePaper | September 26, 2022

Healthcare is at a data tipping point. The adoption of a wide variety of information technology (IT) systems has given hospitals and health systems a massive amount of data, along with the power to use that data to enhance patient care, streamline operations and reduce costs.

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2023 Telehealth White Paper Publication

whitePaper | July 20, 2023

Healthcare delivery through telehealth allows a provider to consult with patients remotely through electronic and telecommunication technologies. Prior to the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency (PHE), telehealth services were, generally, only used and paid for in limited circumstances.

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Improve Clinical Workflow, Reduce Costs with Purpose-Built Devices for Healthcare

whitePaper | February 6, 2020

Improving telehealth success with Healthcare specific devices. One of the primary challenges faced by clinicians with telehealth appointments is effectively and efficiently bringing both parties together without any breakdown in communication. Therefore, it's imperative that the hardware being utilized can support excellent audio with noise cancelling features, hi-res video and integrated hi-def cameras - without these items’ physicians are left with a good idea of the issue at hand but no way to implement.

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Improving and Strengthening Employer-Sponsored Insurance

whitePaper | October 22, 2022

Under the leadership of former Senate Majority Leaders Tom Daschle and Bill Frist, M.D., BPC’s Health Program develops bipartisan policy recommendations that will improve health care quality, lower costs, and enhance coverage.

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Rethinking Indicators of Project Success in Healthcare

whitePaper | March 4, 2020

Health leaders must understand the benefits of their investments in performance improvement projects and the impact on the organization. The traditional approach is most often to measure ROI (return on investment) and, while clearly measurable, is most often related to cost savings or increased revenue and can leave you with an incomplete story. Incorporating VOI (value on investment) enables you to quantify the intangible benefits of your projects and activities making the combination of the two a more robust indicator of project success.

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People Empowerment Across the Surgical Continuum

whitePaper | December 29, 2022

Healthcare has a people problem. For years prior to the arrival of COVID-19, hospitals in various corners of the nation experienced troubling shortages1 of medical staff, a problem that has been exacerbated by COVID-19.

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