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How to Conduct Effective Safety Huddles

Performance Health

Safety huddles are a key tool for healthcare organizations to reduce patient harm, ensure accurate, consistent communication between staff, and promote patient and employee safety.

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Build Safety Culture During Patient Safety Awareness Week

Relias

How’s your organization doing in keeping your patients safe? Patient Safety Awareness Week is March 13-19, 2022, so it’s a good time to ask this question and make an honest assessment of where you stand. What is Patient Safety Awareness Week? To Improve Patient Safety, Culture is Everything.

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Informal CEO rounds increase patient safety

Patient Approved

In healthcare industries this positive impact quickly trickles down to patients, suggesting the importance of leadership connecting effectively with staff. Informal rounds are a good way of making that connection. risk management and patient safety specialist for Cooperative of American Physicians Inc.,

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National Patient Safety Goals Depend on Good Communication

Relias

Patient Safety Awareness Week, sponsored by the Institute for Healthcare Improvement , is the perfect time to review the Joint Commission’s National Patient Safety Goals. For 2023, its list of patient safety goals for hospitals includes the following: Identify patients correctly. Use medicines safely.

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Healthcare Workforce Safety: Nurse Safety and Patient Safety Go Hand in Hand

Relias

­Healthcare workforce safety depends on both nurse safety and patient safety. Patients depend on competent, compassionate care, physical security, and the satisfaction of knowing they’re well cared for. Conversely, inadequate staffing negatively impacts nurse safety and patient safety.

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Healthcare Workforce Safety: Nurse Safety and Patient Safety Go Hand in Hand

Relias

­Healthcare workforce safety depends on both nurse safety and patient safety. Patients depend on competent, compassionate care, physical security, and the satisfaction of knowing they’re well cared for. Conversely, inadequate staffing negatively impacts nurse safety and patient safety.

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The Benefits Of Taking A Break

Scrubs

It’s ironic that those entrusted to keep the rest of us comfortable, rested, and fed aren’t afforded the same courtesy—especially in a field where nurse fatigue and patient safety are so closely linked. Promote communication : Encourage your nurses to ask for help.