Featured Story | | IHI Leaders Expect Significant Progress on Health Equity in 2022 | | Yesterday during a press briefing, IHI President and CEO Kedar Mate, MD, and IHI President Emeritus and Senior Fellow Donald Berwick MD, MPP, discussed health equity trends for 2022. Next year, there likely will be a movement toward outcome-based measurement for health equity, Mate said. |
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News & Analysis | | CMS Suspends Enforcement of Vaccine Mandate for Healthcare Workers | | According to the memo, CMS “will not enforce the new rule regarding vaccination of health care workers or requirements for policies and procedures in certified Medicare/Medicaid providers and suppliers (including nursing facilities, hospitals, dialysis facilities and all other provider types covered by the rule) while there are court-ordered injunctions in place prohibiting enforcement of this provision.” |
| What’s Actually Driving Safe Healthcare? | | Over the last 20 years, much more focus has been placed on areas such as safety and efficiency rather than equity, resulting in inconsistent or episodic progress in each area. For example, safety has arguably received most of the attention and focus, but somehow, preventable harm is still frequent across the continuum of care. |
| Share Your Innovative Quality Improvement Ideas | | Whether you’re a seasoned educator in search of a broader platform to share your expertise or a yet-to-present professional with big ideas, you should apply to the 2022 PSQH Innovation Awards. Deadline to apply is January 7, 2022 and the application is free. |
PSQH: The Podcast PSQH: The Podcast Episode 42 – The Evolution of Healthcare Quality | | On episode 42 of PSQH: The Podcast, Rachel Biblow, senior vice president and partner for strategic integration and transformation at Press Ganey and Dr. Tejal Gandhi, Press Ganey’s chief safety and transformation officer, talk about the evolution of healthcare quality over the last 20 years. |
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