Performance Health

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

This case study showcases how West Calcasieu Cameron Hospital revolutionized its clinical peer review and incident reporting processes by implementing Performance Health Partners’ software, leading to dramatic improvements in efficiency, patient safety, and administrative agility.

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Performance Health

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

New healthcare laws are significantly reshaping the healthcare industry to improve patient safety in 2025. From reforms tackling cybersecurity in hospitals to regulations governing infertility treatments, these laws reflect a growing commitment to protecting patients' health, safety, and privacy.

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Patient Safety Hospital 80

Electronic Health Reporter

JANUARY 5, 2022

The article The Impact of Tech Devices On Care Staff, Hospitals and Patient Safety appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com. The pandemic is highlighting how difficulties with technology are stressing out healthcare employees and negatively affecting the quality of care. It’s a problematic situation, though in […].

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Patient Safety Hospital Medication 79

EvidenceCare

MARCH 18, 2025

Aaron Wilcox, a general surgeon and care transformation leader at Kaiser, the concept of a patients care journey has evolved beyond simply moving them from one stage to the next. Instead, he sees an opportunity to integrate multiple services to support both hospital and overall wellness goals. But now, I think its about more than that.

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Hospital Discharges Appointments Patient Safety 130

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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Patient Safety Follow-Up Hospital 77

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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Hospital Triage Long Term Care Scheduling 156

Medical Economics

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

Some states have few or no hospitals with ‘A’ grades for patient safety, according to the Leapfrog Group’s fall 2024 report card.

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Patient Safety Hospital 52

Performance Health

MARCH 18, 2024

Private equity hospitals are a notable trend in healthcare, reshaping medical care by bringing significant capital for efficiency and profitability. While these acquisitions infuse much-needed financial resources, concerns exist about potential impacts on patient care and staff working conditions.

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Patient Safety Hospital Patient Care Medication 52

Sensible Medicine

APRIL 17, 2024

The parallels to universal precautions, the balance of comfort, communication, and patient safety, and the issues of power in the doctor patient relationship keeps me coming back to the issue. Wearing a mask changes the doctor-patient relationship. Most of our patients served in Vietnam.

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Patient Safety Hospital Communication Medication 272

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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Discharges Patient Safety Hospital Medication 242

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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Patient Safety Tests Patient Care Hospital 264

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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Hospital Patient Safety Discharges Patient Care 97

Performance Health

JUNE 3, 2024

A groundbreaking study published in “BMC Health Services Research” reveals a fundamental link between patient safety culture and the safety cultures of hospital providers and staff.

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Patient Safety Hospital 52

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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Hospital Insurance Patient Safety Medication 98

Relias

MARCH 4, 2024

Because of these ongoing trends, healthcare organizations and the nursing community must work collaboratively to find ways to examine the link between the nursing shortage and patient safety. Patient safety is a fundamental goal of all health care. In some states, four patients per nurse is the maximum for emergency care.

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Patient Safety Unit Organization and Environment Critical Thinking Patient Satisfaction 52

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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Patient Safety Hospital Medication 246

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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Patient Safety Documentation Collaboration Patient Care 52

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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Patient Safety Communication Teamwork Follow-Up 52

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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Patient Safety Huddles/Rounds Hospital Communication 52

Scrubs

JULY 25, 2023

That spoonful of applesauce was for my father, who lay prone in a hospital bed after suffering from a hemorrhagic stroke. I believe being an excellent nurse also requires a dedication to the safety and wellbeing of our patients. Six years ago, I balanced a single spoonful of applesauce in my hand and decided to become a nurse.

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Hospice Certified Nursing Assistant Patient Safety Vital Signs 246

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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Patient Safety Best Practices Documentation Hospital 52

Relias

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

These attributes (and others) can translate to greater improvements in patient safety. Fewer errors: The USF study also found that trust in leadership and good manager support created by transformational leaders correlated with reduced medication errors and reduced incidence of hospital-acquired infections. The evidence is in.

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Patient Safety Teamwork Patient Satisfaction Collaboration 52

Performance Health

JANUARY 22, 2025

Almost 86% of all hospital errors go unreported, according to a recent U.S. This significant gap in data underscores a crucial question: How can healthcare organizations improve patient safety without an effective system to report, analyze, and learn from these errors? Department of Health and Human Services report.

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Medication Patient Safety Hospital 52

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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Patient Safety Tests Hospital 119

Practice Builders

APRIL 11, 2025

Patient Safety What about patient-practitioner communication? The more accurate the diagnosis, the more information the doctor receives from the patient, and the more successful the treatment will be. Patient safety is a top priority for healthcare experts. Lets analyze.

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Communication Patient Safety HIPAA Collaboration 52

Medical Economics

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

Leapfrog Group publishes fall 2024 marks for almost 3,000 facilities nationwide.

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Patient Safety Hospital 52

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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Collaboration Hospital Patient Experience Patient Safety 115

Scrubs

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

The nurses, represented by the Hawaii Nurses’ Association, have been advocating for safer nurse-to-patient ratios, citing concerns over patient safety and the well-being of the nursing staff.

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Patient Safety Patient Care Hospital Medication 148

Relias

MARCH 9, 2025

As we observe Patient Safety Week, I am excited to bring focus to technology that has been making a difference in healthcare: virtual reality (VR) for infection prevention and control (IPC). According to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), 1 in 31 hospital patients contracts an HAI every day.

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Patient Safety Unit Organization and Environment Hospital Best Practices 40

Electronic Health Reporter

SEPTEMBER 6, 2018

hospitals believe medication management improvement initiatives are having a positive impact and that patient safety issues are less likely to occur today as compared to five years ago, according to a new survey from the Association of Medical Directors of Information Systems (AMDIS).

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Medication Patient Safety Hospital 107

Minority Nurse

MARCH 4, 2025

For decades, hospitals and health systems have strategically controlled public messaging, often using nurses for promotional materials but rarely empowering them as autonomous voices. The hospital structure discourages independent thought and limits the ability of frontline professionals to discuss issues that affect public health.

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Hospital Patient Safety HIPAA Collaboration 52

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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Hospital Patient Safety Patient Care 52

Relias

MARCH 18, 2025

Winter storms and blizzards can bring extreme cold, heavy snowfall, ice accumulation, and dangerous winds that disrupt essential services, transportation, and hospital operations. Ensuring a hospitals readiness for severe winter weather is critical to maintaining patient care and staff safety.

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Hospital Communication Emergency Response Tests 74

Practice Index

JANUARY 9, 2025

One of the measures that has sparked significant debate amongst Practice Managers is the plan to give doctors 20 each time they consult a specialist either by phone or email under the so-called advice and guidance (A&G) scheme, to see if there is an alternative to hospital visits and treatment. million delivered in 2023/24.

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Hospital Appointments Patient Safety Diagnostics 52

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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Hospital Medication Patient Safety 61

We Care Online

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

Moreover, as the healthcare industry shifts towards value-based care—where providers are reimbursed based on patient outcomes rather than the volume of services—nurses must understand how these financial models work. Budgeting and Resource Allocation Budgeting is an essential skill for nurses in administrative or leadership roles.

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Continuing Education Insurance Patient Care Patient Safety 52

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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HIPAA Patient Safety Hospital Collaboration 121