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TeamHealth’s Anesthesia Performance and Innovations team partnered with a Florida healthcare facility to implement patient blood management (PBM) in the cardiac surgery service line. The team aimed to standardize care and provide evidence-based protocols while improving outcomes by treating anemic patients pre-surgery. Read the full case study to learn more.
Over 200 SNFs were assessed more than $16.7 million in infection control fines during COVID-19 and more than 66 SNFs were found to be in immediate jeopardy of infection control violations. TeamHealth offers Infection Preventionist Advisors (IPAs), experts you need for your Infection Control and Prevention Program. Our IPA services are led by our Advanced Practice Clinicians (APCs) who are certified in infection prevention and control, including QAPI standards. We provide facility risk assessments, weekly reviews of infection surveillance, weekly infection control meetings, COVID-19 expertise and antibiotics stewardship to help ensure you’re in compliance with regulations. Learn more about our post-acute care services.
On Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, we take time in honor and remembrance King's life, work and legacy. "His holistic view of human rights has become a blueprint for social justice, advancing the rights of not only marginalized Black Americans but women, those with disabilities and members of the LGBTQ+ community as well," says Debbie Rosenberg, EVP, Telehealth and Ambulatory Services, who shares reflections in our latest blog post.
Our performance-driven approach to program implementation leads to positive patient and hospital outcomes. In TeamHealth’s first year at Prince William Medical Center, surgical cases increased 27% over the previous year. Hospital administrators noted these results had an immediate impact on the hospitals’ abilities to retain patients requiring acute general surgery. Learn more about our approach to general surgery.
When a California facility was struggling to achieve desired patient experience scores, the hospital’s leadership sought change. Beginning in summer of 2021, the facility began a partnership with our emergency medicine team and implemented our proprietary A-PEX program - moving from the 20th percentile to the 80th percentile in patient satisfaction scores.
Each year, experts estimate a staggering 24.9 million people are trafficked across the globe. Human trafficking is a pervasive and criminal human rights abuse, and it is also a prominent healthcare issue. On National Human Trafficking Awareness Day - and every day - TeamHealth stands with survivors. If you or someone you know is a victim of trafficking, reach the Human Trafficking Hotline, a 24/7 confidential resource, by calling 1-888-373-7888 (TTY: 711) or by texting 233733.
TeamHealth builds strong partnerships to provide customizable anesthesia services for ambulatory centers, backed by our decades of experience providing hospital-based anesthesiology. Dr. Jay Mesrobian, Chief Clinical Officer, National Medical Director, Anesthesiology, shares more. Learn more about our anesthesia services for ambulatory surgery centers.
Many clinicians have experienced the effects of opioid use disorder in their personal and professional lives. As the opioid epidemic continues to worsen, it is vital that healthcare workers take definitive action in treating patients with substance use disorders. In this episode of #BeyondClinicalMedicine, Dr. Rob Strauss, Chief Medical Training Officer, speaks with Dr. Randal Dabbs, Co-Founder, President of Practice Development and Chair of the Substance Use Work Group, who offers evidence-based strategies to manage OUD - ranging from the abstract, such as cultivating compassion, to the practical, like seeking an X waiver for buprenorphine management.
Your goal is to reduce readmissions, and our goal is to help you achieve it through our advanced cardiology program. TeamHealth’s post-acute care division offers cardiology services to help SNFs develop close partnerships with hospital systems to successfully support patients with cardiac issues. We have a decade of experience in developing and managing cardiac programs as a partnership between community cardiologists and local health systems. Our cardiac expert and thought-leader Dr. Vivek Reddy led this webinar with Skilled Nursing News to help SNFs understand how to better manage cardiac patients in your care.
TeamHealth's In the Life series highlights the impacts our associates and clinicians have on their community and across the globe! Follow along with their stories to discover their interests and talents outside of work.
