November/December 2019 • Vol. 2019 No. 6
SAVE THE DATE
Inside The
Issue:
Ballad Health implements
safety changes after fatal
patient drop
p. 9
Northwell launches app
to schedule at-home
blood work
p. 22
Consumerism is 2nd
biggest challenge facing
healthcare execs in 2020
p. 25
Why clinicians should stop
ordering so many
urine tests
p. 31
CMS penalizes 2,583
hospitals for high
readmissions
p. 37
What health systems
can learn from
airplane flight crews
p. 41
Geisinger taps IBM for
AI-based sepsis
prevention
p. 44
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STORIES
FEATURED
Top 10 health
technology
hazards for
2020 p. 15
Why UCSF Health's patient
initiatives don't feel like the flavor
of the month
p. 19
NYU Langone
Health taps
Amazon, Google
tactic for quality
improvement
p. 34
14 hospitals with the most ER
visits p. 40
INSIDE THE ISSUE
Flu shot may
offer limited
protection this
season
p. 11
NorthShore's quality chief on
the 2 most important safety issues
to fix in healthcare
p. 12
1 in 6
physicians
make
diagnostic
errors every day
p. 13
