Publications by authors named "David B Isaacks"

Background: Artificial intelligence (AI) has great potential to improve health care quality, safety, efficiency, and access. However, the widespread adoption of health care AI needs to catch up to other sectors. Challenges, including data limitations, misaligned incentives, and organizational obstacles, have hindered implementation.

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Provider burnout is a significant health care concern. It is unclear whether high reliability organization (HRO) practices can prevent it. The Truman Veterans Affairs Medical Center (VAMC) undertook an initiative implementing HRO principles and assessed for impact on burnout metrics.

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Objectives: Applying high-reliability organization (HRO) principles to health care is complex. No consensus exists as to an effective framework for HRO implementation or the direct impact of adoption.

Methods: The Veterans Health Administration (VHA) National Center for Patient Safety established the high-reliability hospital (HRH) model for HRO adoption and piloted HRH in collaboration with the Truman VA Medical Center (Truman) during a 3-year intervention period (January 1, 2016-December 31, 2018).

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