Setting Sights

DECEMBER 30, 2021

And 2020-2021 has been no exception. When I was transferred to another hospital four hours away, the fear of another unknown ate into me so deeply that I felt sick and utterly worthless. 2021 hasn’t been my best year. We’ve all fallen to our knees and crumbled. Every single one of us. But I still smiled it off. Nor was 2020.

Follow-Up 52

Follow-Up Hospital Huddles/Rounds Tests 52

Relias

MAY 24, 2023

Standardize the practice of regular patient safety huddles among your teams. Assign adequate staffing for patient moves and transfers. Huddles promote patient safety, but they can also facilitate teamwork, provide a place to respectfully air grievances, and build rapport among nurses and leaders.

Patient Safety 52

Patient Safety Unit Organization and Environment Huddles/Rounds De-Escalation 52

Relias

MAY 24, 2023

Standardize the practice of regular patient safety huddles among your teams. Assign adequate staffing for patient moves and transfers. Huddles promote patient safety, but they can also facilitate teamwork, provide a place to respectfully air grievances, and build rapport among nurses and leaders.

Patient Safety 52

Patient Safety Unit Organization and Environment Huddles/Rounds De-Escalation 52

Arkenea

JANUARY 25, 2025

The CMS (Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services) has posted the latest standards for e-prescribing which are as follows: In 2020, the CMS published the 2021 PFS (Physician Fee Schedule) final rule which requires prescribers to use the NCPDP SCRIPT standard version 2017071 for EPCS (Electronic Prescribing of Controlled Drugs) transactions.

Transfers 52

Transfers HIPAA Medical History Follow-Up 52

Setting Sights

MAY 2, 2022

The start of 2021 saw me seeing through my birthday, too poorly to care, and unable to see my own family whom I’d been unable to see or hug for many months. It saw me making the 160 mile transfer trip via ambulance to the next hospital, where I would spend many more months. I was supposed to qualify as a Doctor in the summer of 2021.

Medication 52

Medication Follow-Up Hospital Huddles/Rounds 52

Setting Sights

AUGUST 11, 2021

The Consultant had previously told me on ward-rounds, “You made yourself come in. On the next ward round, I asked to see someone – 7 months into my hospital admission and I needed to address my mental wellbeing. From then on, there were occasions where I had to remove my hearing-aids during the ward-round. I had nothing left.

Admissions 52

Admissions Huddles/Rounds Follow-Up Hospital 52

Setting Sights

MAY 7, 2021

Each morning, the doctors came round to the bedside, barely taking one look at my desperate face, before finally making brief eye contact and clearing their throats. Before my eventual transfer to another hospital, 8.5 Nobody even thought to investigate it much further either. BMI is fine. All reflexes intact. You are fine ”.

Admissions 52

Admissions Follow-Up Hospital Huddles/Rounds 52