It’s hard to prepare for the next pandemic when you’re in the middle of the first one. But hospitals and their PPE providers have no choice. With the uncertainties around COVID-19 and new variants emerging, healthcare providers and PPE suppliers do not have the luxury of waiting. So, what can we learn from last year […]
Many news headlines have been highlighting the fact that the US is not vaccinating as many people per day as they had hoped. There is a myriad of reasons, but it often comes down to lack of planning, poor processes, and flow of the vaccines into the hands of […]
New York City-based Mount Sinai Health System researchers used federated learning, an artificial intelligence technique that protects patients’ privacy, to analyze EHRs and better predict how COVID-19 patients will progress, according to a Jan. 27 news release. The federated learning technique has the potential to create machine learning models that go beyond a single health system’s information […]
One year since the U.S. reported its first known coronavirus case, some experts still consider COVID-19 data reporting to be somewhat of a “mess,” The Wall Street Journal reports. Testing remains uneven across states and communities, and case counts and death tallies are considered to be too low and incomplete, according to the Jan. 22 report. “A lot […]
The safe and prompt administration of the COVID vaccines is one of the most critical issues today in global public health. In this 90-minute panel discussion moderated by Mark Graban and hosted by Value Capture and KaiNexus (in partnership with Catalysis), healthcare leaders from the private and public sectors will share their experiences with the […]
Or find The Lens, by Catalysis wherever you get your podcasts The COVID-19 vaccine is on the minds of everyone around the world. Here in the US the vaccine roll out can be very different depending on state, county, or event city. We hope that by sharing work that […]
In this article many frustrated Florida residents, including John Toussaint, share their frustrations about the process for signing up to get a COVID-19 vaccination in their area in letter to the editor of the Naples Daily News Read the letters here We have seen proof that there is a better way. Catalysis Healthcare Value Network […]
Salem Health shares its initiative to provide COVID vaccines publicly. They share their Lean thinking, PDSA problem-solving methods, and visual management systems. To join the discussion about COVID-19 vaccinations in an upcoming webinar on January 21 at 1:00 pm ET
Houston Methodist is offering its employees a $500 “hope bonus” if they meet several eligibility criteria, including getting a COVID-19 vaccination, President and CEO Marc Boom, MD, said in an email to employees, which was shared with Becker’s Hospital Review. Workers can look forward to the bonus in early March, according to the email. “This bonus […]
Seattle Cancer Care Alliance, a Catalysis Healthcare Value Network member, put together an expensive FAQ to share with their staff about the COVID-19 vaccine. Topics in this document include: Type of Vaccine Prioritization Logistics Is the vaccine optional or mandatory Safety and Side Effects Employee Health and HR SCCA Patients and the Vaccine Download […]