Ever since the COVID pandemic, hospitals have become more adept at thinking outside the box, or rather, outside the patient room. For some hospitals,...
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In the sci-fi classic 2001: A Space Odyssey, an omnipresent computer named HAL monitors all activity aboard a spacecraft on a critical mission. The...
After you make the case for the healthcare innovation in terms of patient and facility benefits, anticipating possible risks, and demonstrating...
Assessing the potential risks and benefits is an important step before proposing a new product or program for your facility. You need to anticipate...
The first step in making a case for a healthcare innovation is collecting the data that supports it. This data includes evidence the the innovation...
C. diff, or Clostridioides difficile, is a Gram-positive, rod-shaped, anaerobic, endosporic, toxigenic, opportunistic, bacillus. Its scientific...
Hospitals,
Product Evaluation,
HAIs,
Policy,
Cost-Effectiveness,
Costs,
Construction,
Innovations,
Career,
Evidence-Based Design
2 min read.
How To Make the Case for a Healthcare Innovation
Every successful organization, from a small grassroots group to a global corporation, has a way for ideas to percolate through the system and find...
This post concludes our series on MRSA in support of MRSA Awareness Month.
Hospitals,
Product Evaluation,
Policy,
Interventions,
Cost-Effectiveness,
Costs,
Construction,
Innovations,
Evidence-Based Design
2 min read.
How Do Hospitals Spend Money? An Introduction
Hospital finances are a complex process, involving all the parts of a service provider, a retail business, an investment venture, and a non-profit...
There are countless contributors to the world of medicine who share Hispanic/Latino backgrounds, but there are a few noteworthy individuals whose...
As we move into the last week of National Hispanic Heritage Month, we will turn our attention to the unique healthcare challenges faced by...
This post continues our MRSA series in support of MRSA Awareness Month.