Scrubs

JUNE 8, 2023

Over 70 staff members want to suspend all surgeries at Kaiser Zion Medical Center, a San Diego hospital, after strange particles were found on a series of surgical trays. However, the hospital has so far rejected the call. However, Zion has a good reputation when it comes to patient safety.

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Relias

OCTOBER 10, 2023

One of the most effective ways to reduce this number is by focusing on patient safety in nursing. For many hospitals, achieving better outcomes begins with the implementation of improved patient safety protocols. What is patient safety in nursing?

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Medical Gas Compliance

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

Do you want to improve patient safety in your healthcare organization? The smallest improvement may have a large impact on patient safety. As a hospital leader or healthcare facility manager, you are held accountable for managing effective care while maintaining a safe environment for patients, staff, and visitors.

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Minority Nurse

MARCH 13, 2023

Patient safety depends on many preventative steps, and many of those steps must be followed meticulously. The report, published in the journal Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , reinforces how the simplest act of hand washing and proper hand hygiene can have a significant impact on patient safety.

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Medical Gas Compliance

AUGUST 3, 2023

Patient safety is a critical element of an efficient and effective healthcare facility. Every year, The Joint Commission's (TJC) safety goals are updated to provide the highest standard of care for patients. This article discusses the emerging patient safety issues and what action you can take to address them.

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Relias

MARCH 17, 2023

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.

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Relias

MAY 24, 2023

­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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Relias

MAY 24, 2023

­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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Health Populi

MARCH 14, 2023

In 2014, ECRI pivoted the title of this annual report to “patient safety concerns,” a nuance away from health technology. Fast forward to 2023 and ECRI’s latest take on the Top 10 Patient Safety Concerns 2023. Topping the 2023 list of patient safety concerns is the pediatric mental health crisis.

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Performance Health

MAY 6, 2024

In a bold move to redefine healthcare incident reporting , York Hospital partnered with Performance Health Partners (PHP), transforming their approach to patient safety.

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We Care Online

AUGUST 7, 2024

Hospital pharmacies are fast-paced environments where accuracy, efficiency, and patient care are paramount. This simple step can prevent errors and ensure patient safety. Effective time management is crucial in a busy hospital pharmacy. These tools can streamline processes and reduce the risk of errors.

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Minority Nurse

MAY 19, 2023

Hospitals serving more patients at risk for complications during childbirth are less likely to have enough nurses to care for patients during labor, delivery, and recovery, according to a new study in Nursing Outlook. hospitals each year. Nurses play a central role in the 3.6 million births in U.S.

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Minority Nurse

OCTOBER 12, 2022

Hospital administrators across the nation advocate the merits of Magnet designation. The American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), an affiliate of the American Nurses Association, awards Magnet status to hospitals that satisfy designated criteria that measure the strength and quality of the institution’s nursing care.

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Medical Gas Compliance

AUGUST 22, 2023

At CHT, we understand you want your medical gas systems to be compliant, pass inspection, and, most of all, increase patient safety. We are dedicated to making sure your hospital and your patients are getting all they need from your medical gas equipment.

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Health Populi

JULY 8, 2020

The core business of hospitals is patient care, often baked with teaching and research. But wait — there’s more, asserts the Lown Institute in their approach to ranking America’s Best Hospitals in 2020. The Institute was surprised by the similarity of nonprofit and for-profit hospitals for civic leadership.

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The Healthcare Blog

MAY 15, 2024

Chakri Toleti is an occasional Bollywood film producer (you can Google that) and also the CEO of Care.ai–one of the leading companies using sensors and AI to figure out what is going on in that hospital room. You’ll also see me doing a little bit of self-testing!

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Coronis Health

AUGUST 31, 2023

Ensuring accurate coding and compliance reflects your patients’ diagnoses and care and encourages your facility to exceed revenue performance goals. Many hospitals don’t have the expertise, manpower, or time to establish coding compliance and an efficient workflow. This process requires meticulous attention to detail.

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Performance Health

APRIL 1, 2024

As healthcare delivery evolves beyond hospital settings to outpatient clinics, specialty centers, and telemedicine, our tools for patient safety and quality improvement must also adapt.

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Relias

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

The evolution of patient safety: From awareness to action The journey toward high reliability in healthcare gained momentum more than two decades ago with the release of the Institute of Medicine’s (IOM) landmark report, To Err is Human (1999), which revealed shocking statistics about preventable deaths in hospitals.

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Performance Health

JANUARY 10, 2024

Falls can lead to severe consequences for patients and may result in extended hospital stays or even long-term injuries. To address this concern, hospitals employ various fall prevention strategies to ensure the safety of their patients.

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Patient Approved

MARCH 9, 2015

In healthcare industries this positive impact quickly trickles down to patients, suggesting the importance of leadership connecting effectively with staff. Any CEO can sit in an office and contemplate patient safety and satisfaction by poring over informative data and monthly reports. Catherine Miller, R.N.,

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Health Populi

APRIL 21, 2021

In the COVID-19 pandemic, as peoples’ daily lives shifted closer and closer to home, and for some weeks and months home-all-the-time, health care, too, moved beyond brick-and-mortar hospitals and doctors’ offices. In 2019, J.D. Power found that only 10% of health consumers had been using telehealth services.

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Performance Health

APRIL 30, 2024

Leapfrog safety scores serve as a key metric in determining the safety performance of a hospital. Healthcare organizations can improve Leapfrog safety scores by implementing several strategies aimed at improving patient safety.

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Scrubs

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

The potential fallout is a looming strike that could leave the hospital scrambling to fill critical care gaps, with the nurses alleging unfair labor practices and unsafe working conditions. This type of strike, which focuses on protesting the hospital’s alleged retaliatory practices, could commence as early as Friday.

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Medical Gas Compliance

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Keeping your medical gas systems operating properly isn't the only challenge that affects patient safety. It is about time that these formerly Hospital Acquired Infection or Hospital Associated Infections were seriously attacked. million illnesses in the United States per year.

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Performance Health

MAY 15, 2024

Consider a scenario in a hospital where management believes their emergency protocols are well understood and carefully followed by all staff. This safety perception gap not only poses risks to patient safety but also to staff morale and the care experience.

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DropStat

MARCH 14, 2024

Patients and their families expect large hospitals and healthcare organizations of all types to provide the safest care despite being high-risk environments. By 2019, the University of Michigan Hospital, Michigan Medicine in Ann Arbor was among 21 Michigan hospitals to rank in the U.S. News Best Hospital list.

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Health Populi

APRIL 3, 2024

The phrase “patient safety” summons up a list of common sources such as medication errors, surgical errors, health care-associated infections, diagnostic errors, among other adverse events and harms people experience in the course of receiving health care. “Safety is the foundation of healthcare. points, 81.8%

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Scrubs

MARCH 15, 2023

. “We had a patient whose condition declined, and staff had to spend several minutes running inside the building to get necessary equipment because we didn’t have any outside. We routinely have dozens more admitted patients than we have licensed hospital beds.” ” Nurses in L.A.

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EvidenceCare

JANUARY 29, 2024

Here are five areas of focus that can be beneficial for any hospital leader looking to improve clinical operations within a health system. Long-Term Commitment to Patient Safety CHS has a remarkable track record of reducing patient safety events by over ninety percent in the last ten years. How did they do it?

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Scrubs

AUGUST 15, 2023

“Hospital staff nurse work hours and patient safety.” She was inspired to pursue a career in nursing after her father was hospitalized, and has since done volunteer medical work in Kenya. Sources: Rogers AE, Hwang WT, Scott LD, et al. ” Health Affairs. “Good sleep, bad sleep!

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Scrubs

JANUARY 31, 2023

Local officials in Georgia confirmed that at least three of the suspected nurses were employed at a veteran’s hospital in Atlanta. “Within days of learning of this nationwide scheme, we removed three nurses from patient care at the Atlanta VA Medical Center,” VA Press Secretary Terrence Hayes told a local news outlet.

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DropStat

MARCH 13, 2024

Alarm fatigue can occur in many fields, but reducing alarm fatigue for patient safety has become a primary goal in healthcare. The Joint Commission chose alarm management as a 2021 National Patient Safety Goal. Monitors ‘keep an eye’ on patients 24/7 and relieve critical care nurses of constant supervision.

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The HIPAA Journal

JULY 8, 2024

CHIME/AEHIS Members Express Concern The College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME) and the Association for Executives in Healthcare Information Security (AEHIS) have urged CISA to consider that the core mission of healthcare is patient safety and not to implement regulatory requirements that could jeopardize that mission.

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Health Populi

JUNE 15, 2020

To attract flyers, whether frequent or tourist, to book flights, airlines like hospitals, restaurants, gyms and other public spaces have to make their case to the risk-managing traveler that it’s safe to board and fly on an airplane. In the B2C market landscape, hygiene products for the home and personal care have been top-sellers.

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Minority Nurse

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

Shelise Valentine, RNC, MSN, C-EFM, CPPS, CPHRM, is the Director of Clinical Education, Healthcare Risk Advisors, part of TDC Group and chairs nursing, co-chairs obstetric and simulation initiatives, and directs risk management and obstetric education for insured hospital clients to improve patient safety and reduce malpractice risk.

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Patient Safety Unit Organization and Environment Best Practices Hospital 59

Relias

JUNE 6, 2024

Key competencies and attributes of nurse leaders include the following: Understands the correlation between a strong team and high levels of patient quality and safety. Encourages feedback and works to solve problems related to patient care, patient safety, budget, and staffing.

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