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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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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Open Dental

MARCH 4, 2025

EPCS is a technological advancement that significantly improves patient safety and the efficiency of the prescribing process. The post Enhancing Patient Safety with EPCS: A High-Level Overview appeared first on Open Dental Blog.

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Performance Health

MARCH 27, 2024

As medical technologies and treatments evolve this year, patient safety remains a crucial concern. Recognizing the importance of staying vigilant about emerging threats, the independent nonprofit organization ECRI has identified the top 10 patient safety concerns for 2024.

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Healthcare Dive - Practice Management

MARCH 15, 2024

Challenges with health technology adoption and reductions in maternal services could also threaten patient safety this year, according to an ECRI study.

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Performance Health

JUNE 17, 2024

The integration of AI in healthcare is transforming the way we diagnose, treat, and ensure patient safety. As we usher in this new era of technology-enhanced care, understanding its potential and challenges is crucial for advancing care delivery and patient outcomes.

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Performance Health

MARCH 25, 2024

The concept of personalized healthcare has significantly evolved in recent years, marking a departure from the traditional one-size-fits-all approach to a more tailored method of patient care.

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Performance Health

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

The ever-evolving landscape of patient safety , shaped by recent challenges, learnings, and new policies, stands at a pivotal point in 2024. This article, enriched with expert insights, offers a comprehensive overview of the current state and emerging trends in patient safety as we navigate through the year.

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Medical Economics

MAY 14, 2024

The top news stories in medicine today.

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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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Performance Health

JANUARY 20, 2025

Healthcare incident reporting software is crucial for radiology departments, due to the complex nature of their services and the high volume of patient interactions. This combination introduces significant risks and challenges that can impact patient safety in radiology.

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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. But recruiting is not the only way to help mitigate staffing shortfalls.

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Performance Health

MARCH 18, 2024

While these acquisitions infuse much-needed financial resources, concerns exist about potential impacts on patient care and staff working conditions. Read on to discover practices private equity hospitals can implement to enhance patient safety goals.

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Performance Health

DECEMBER 30, 2024

Given the unique challenges psychiatric care settings pose, such as managing patient elopement, workplace violence, and threats, ensuring robust patient and employee safety protocols is crucial.

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Performance Health

APRIL 22, 2024

This blog focuses on empowering nurse leadership to take the lead in ensuring patient safety. We’ll explore strategies to elevate nurse leaders, underscoring their pivotal role in improving patient well-being.

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Northwest Suburban College

JULY 11, 2024

Dental Assistants play a crucial role in maintaining infection control and patient safety within dental practices. They are responsible for ensuring that the dental office adheres to strict protocols and standards to minimize the risk of infection and protect the well-being of both patients and staff.

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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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Performance Health

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

Generative AI in healthcare , through its ability to create new data and simulations, offers unprecedented opportunities for medical breakthroughs and improving patient safety. By leveraging generative AI in healthcare , organizations can predict, prevent, and manage health risks with unprecedented precision and efficiency.

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Sensible Medicine

APRIL 14, 2024

Some speakers represented patient advocacy organizations and later lashed out at me on twitter. Not only is this new change a risk to patient safety, it is yet another straw on the back of American health care. Curious, I looked to see who supported the organizations.

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Scrubs

JULY 25, 2023

I believe being an excellent nurse also requires a dedication to the safety and wellbeing of our patients. Bob demonstrates that asking questions is a key ingredient to patient safety when he checks the procedure for flushing medication with his team lead before he acts.

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Scrubs

JANUARY 31, 2023

. “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. “Their removal is very unfortunate but patient safety is and must be our primary responsibility at VA.”

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Scrubs

JUNE 8, 2023

However, Zion has a good reputation when it comes to patient safety. Water is essential for patient safety. Similar issues unfolded at a Boston hospital when the ice machines started leaking chlorine into the water supply back in 2018, resulting in the death of three patients.

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Performance Health

JULY 16, 2024

As we navigate new challenges and the lingering effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as consider the significant increase in digital transformation and the application of artificial intelligence (AI), using data to gain insights quickly and deploy resources effectively is increasingly important.

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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. I have written my own essays about it on Sensible Medicine on September 28 th , 2022 , and January 11 th , 2024.

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We Care Online

OCTOBER 31, 2024

From patient safety to avoiding medical errors, you have to be efficient in all aspects of efficiency. To ensure quality, many people wonder how to keep patients safe in hospitals. According to the World Health Organization, medical errors or inefficient staff harm thousands of patients annually.

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Performance Health

AUGUST 21, 2024

Medication errors claim thousands of lives each year, underscoring the critical importance of medication safety in our healthcare systems. Verification nurses , often the unsung heroes in this field, play a pivotal role in preventing these errors and enhancing both medication and patient safety.

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Scrubs

MARCH 30, 2023

Nurses have been organizing to get federal lawmakers to pass a bill that would set minimum nurse-patient ratios for every department in every hospital in the country. The bill, known as The Nurse Staffing Standards for Hospital Patient Safety and Quality Care Act, was authored by Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) in the Senate and Rep.

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Scrubs

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

It could galvanize public support for the nurses, casting the hospital as the antagonist in a battle over worker rights and patient safety. Union representatives argue that the hospital’s focus on maintaining control over staffing levels compromises patient safety.

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Performance Health

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

Despite considerable advances in patient safety , healthcare systems still face significant challenges in achieving “ zero harm ”—a commitment to eradicate preventable harm that affects approximately 400,000 hospitalized patients every year. Achieving zero harm , however, requires more than just following existing protocols.

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The Healthcare Blog

MAY 15, 2024

They’ve grown very fast in recent years, fundamentally by using technology to monitor patients and help improve their care, improve patient safety and figure out what else is needed to improve the care process. You’ll also see me doing a little bit of self-testing!– – Matthew Holt

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Medical Economics

MARCH 28, 2024

When using intravenous therapies, if you and your staff aren’t paying attention to patient safety, you can be sure medical malpractice attorneys will be.

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Medical Economics

MAY 20, 2024

What you need to know about legal status, FDA approval, patient safety and public perception.

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Medical Economics

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

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

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Scrubs

MARCH 15, 2023

“We have tried to warn UCLA about the existing patient safety issues with shared rooms,” explained Mary Gay Dacquel, RN. ” The post Patients Allegedly Sleeping in Tents Due to Overcrowding appeared first on Scrubs | The Leading Lifestyle Magazine for the Healthcare Community. ” Nurses in L.A.

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Scrubs

AUGUST 15, 2023

“Hospital staff nurse work hours and patient safety.” You’ve got to help yourself before you help anyone else…and helping yourself may be the biggest favor you can do for someone else! Sources: Rogers AE, Hwang WT, Scott LD, et al. ” Health Affairs. 2004 July;23(4):202–12 Dhand, Rajiv; Sohal, Harjyot (2007).

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Performance Health

MARCH 7, 2024

Moving into 2024, the landscape of patient and healthcare employee safety has undergone significant transformations. This year marks a pivotal moment where new healthcare laws and regulations have been introduced to better protect those at the heart of healthcare: the patients and the professionals who care for them.

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Medical Economics

JUNE 11, 2024

Elizabeth Warren’s bill proposes stringent penalties and guardrails for health care executives who jeopardize patient safety and access to care.

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