McKinsey & Company proposes 4 imperatives for
leadership in the post-crisis tomorrow
One of the nation’s top business consultants, McKinsey & Company, is advising leaders to plan for success in the post-pandemic future by implementing the following four key strategy steps: - Put in tomorrow’s team today. In many organizations, the best up-and-comers are beacons of calm, resilience, and adaptable leadership, while others amplify stress.
- Identify and elevate the handful of tangible business skills that matter most. Identify the core capabilities that matter most to the next normal and encourage executives to sharpen their ability to adapt to uncertainty while maintaining strategic focus.
- Treat technological acumen as you treat profit targets. The COVID-19 crisis has forced companies to vault ahead in adopting and applying digital technologies. The winners will be those who quickly applying cloud solutions, analytics, and data-management technologies.
- Liberate teams to solve problems rapidly from a customer-back perspective. The great remote-working experiment has shown that a lot can be accomplished, immediately and virtually. As one executive noted, “why did we have to convene two dozen people … instead of just three people on a disciplined conference call.”
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An Educated Reopening
Brown & Brown, one of the nation's leading insurance brokerage firms, has produced a series of online forums to educate customers and the general public on the current pandemic. The next session will be the second in a two-part installment taking a look at safe school reopenings and is scheduled for Friday, August 7 at 2:00pm. To register for the live stream, please click here. The session will be recorded and made available after the event concludes along with recordings of prior sessions at https://bbinsurance.com/covid19.
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Health care leaders confront the future — a 3-day virtual conference on recovery to rebuilding, September 14-16
Join the American Hospital Association's Center for Health Innovation and the Society for Health Care Strategy & Market Development Sept. 14-16 for a three-day virtual conference focused on COVID-19 lessons learned and plans for the future as the field moves from response through recovery and on to rebuilding. This event will convene a diverse community of hospital and health systems leaders looking to innovate and strategize for the new era of care delivery post-COVID-19. Topics include financial implications and recovery; strategic planning for future business models; clinical innovations; and new care models that address equity. Learn from the leading thinkers, strategists and doers in this dramatically different environment. To register, please click here. Attendees receive three months of on-demand access to conference content.
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Israel medical center
launches trial of new device for instant COVID-19 detection test
The Sheba Medical Center in Israel is collaborating with Newsight Imaging for testing a revolutionary new device that could test for COVID-19 instantly. The device uses light waves to analyze molecular content. It could identify and classify evidence of coronavirus in the body in less than a second, using a sample of fluid—blood serum or saliva. Initial studies of the device's ability to identify the coronavirus has shown an accuracy of close to 100%. Newsight and Sheba's ARC Innovation Center intend to establish a joint company that will make the instant COVID detection test commercially available to the medical community worldwide. Results of the trial are expected to be available by this September. Please click here to read more.
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Pandemic expert at FAU answers many questions about children returning to school in Florida
Dr. Terry Adirim, chairperson and professor of pediatrics at Florida Atlantic University Integrative Medical Sciences Department and senior associate dean for clinical affairs at Schmidt College of Medicine, provides answers to some 34 questions often asked about children returning to school during the current stage of the coronavirus in the State of Florida. Among the questions addressed are: “My child has asthma. Can I send her to school?” “I am hearing about the really bad disease affecting children, MIS-C, and I’m worried that my child will get that. How common is it and how do I prevent her from getting it?” “My child is 5 years old. Can she really wear a mask?” Please click here to read full list of questions and answers.
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AHA, AMA and ANA ask Congress for additional $100
billion in emergency relief
In a joint letter, sent July 22, 2020 to Senate leader Mitch McConnell and Congressional leader Chuck E. Schumer, the American Hospital Association, the American Medical Association and the American Nurses Association have asked Congress to allocate at least an additional $100 billion as part of the next COVID-19 emergency relief package for front line health care personnel and providers, including nurses, doctors, hospitals and health systems. Please click here to read the full letter. |
M Health rehab experts create “playbook” to treat serious after-effects of COVID-19 recovery
Many patients with severe COVID-19 infections face neurological after-effects, including: significant muscle loss; lingering lung function issues; and damage to the kidneys, liver, and other organs. Some of these issues are due to the prolonged sedation and ventilator care that some COVID-19 patients require. To help patients deal with these post-hospital complications, Minnesota Health Fairview rehabilitation services formed a multi-disciplinary group of experts to evaluate the recovery needs of each COVID-19 patient leaving hospital care. This team convenes for 30 minutes every day to discuss cases and create a rehabilitation “playbook” for each person to make sure each person gets the care they need, Please click here to read more. |
Survey shows patients want to keep virtual care after end of pandemic
A recent study by Accenture Life Sciences revealed that 9 out of 10 patients who received virtual healthcare say the healthcare provider was as good as or better than what they experienced prior to COVID-19. The survey looked at how patient care has changed, how patients felt about those changes, and what they liked and want to continue in the future. In summary: - Accenture surveyed 2700 patients and found a major shift to virtual care, which patients embraced.
- 70% of patients deferred or cancelled treatment, widely adopted virtual tools as an essential lifeline for continuing care.
- Patients had high positive experiences using video calls for guidance and monitoring.
- Virtual care is here to stay.
Please click here for the full results of the study. |
AMA Opioid Task Force reports 37% decline in opioid prescriptions,
but overdose deaths up from illicit drug use
The American Medical Association’s Opioid Task Force recently released its latest progress report showing significant gains in controlling the use of prescribed opioid drugs (down 37%). But overdose deaths have climbed 10% due to the use of illicit drugs including synthetic fentanyl, cocaine, methamphetamines and other stimulants. To help address the illegal drug usage, the AMA is calling for greater access to the opioid antagonist naloxone and for removal of barriers such as prior authorization that stymie access to addiction treatments. Highlights of the progress report include: 37.1% decrease in opioid prescriptions; 64.4% increase in the use of state prescription drug monitoring programs; 1M+ naloxone prescriptions provided in 2019; Hundreds of thousands of physicians accessing continuing medical education and other courses on substance use disorders, treating and managing pain; 85,000+ physicians and health care professionals certified to prescribe buprenorphine in-office Please click here for the full report. |
Boca Raton Regional gets certification as Comprehensive Stroke Center
Boca Raton Regional Hospital, a Consortium member organization, has received certification from DNV GL Healthcare, as a Comprehensive Stroke Center, reflecting the highest level of competence for treatment of serious stroke events. The hospital is the first in Palm Beach County to receive this national recognition. Comprehensive stroke centers are typically the largest and best-equipped hospitals in a given geographical area that can treat any kind of stroke or stroke complication. In a growing number of states, stroke center certification determines to which facility a patient should be taken for the most appropriate care. Please click here to read more. |
Free immunizations from Broward Health for uninsured children until August 21
To help prepare for the school year, Broward Health Community Health Services is offering free immunizations for children between the ages of 4 and 18 who are uninsured, have Medicaid, or identify as American Indian or Alaska Native. The immunizations are for protection against infectious and life-threatening diseases such as whooping cough, measles, mumps, rubella,influenza, Hepatitis B and polio. Human papilloma virus (HPV) vaccinations will also be provided in partnership with the American Cancer Society. The health center is also offering low-cost physical exams. Immunizations and physicals are available from 8:30 a.m. - 5 p.m., July 27 to August 21 at Cora E. Braynon Family Health Center, 200 NW Seventh Ave. in Fort Lauderdale, and Broward Health Pompano Pediatric Primary Care Center, 601 W. Atlantic Blvd. in Pompano Beach. For more information or to schedule an appointment, call 954-755-7400. |
British university launches “COVID-NURSE” study to find best-practice model for Covid-19 nursing care Source: Nursing Times,27 July, 2020 by Megan Ford
A special project has been launched in England to design a new best-practice model of nursing care for Covid-19 patients based on the most effective innovations of UK nurses during the pandemic. The “COVID-NURSE” study will be led by Professor David Richards, professor of health services research at the University of Exeter and a nurse. The research has been granted £430,000 in government funding to develop and trial a standardized system of nursing protocol and procedures for Covid-19 patients. They will then use their findings to develop a best-practice model of nursing care that they hope will be used nationally and internationally. Please click here to read more. |
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