Institutional change is undoubtedly hard, but in an industry where people's lives are at risk every second of every day, there is no excuse for not prioritizing and tackling patient safety head on. How quickly is healthcare changing if attention…
Patient Safety & Outcomes
A man walked into the critical care unit of Wentworth-Douglass Hospital in Dover, N.H., early this morning and shot and killed his wife before fatally shooting himself, New Hampshire Attorney General Joseph A. Foster told Boston Globe reporters.
As healthcare associated infections (HAIs) continue to rise and the rewards – or penalties – related to quality of care continue to grow, this content delivers immediate value. Providing a visual map of best practices employed by many of the…
Up to 99% of healthcare device alarms do not require clinical intervention. Clinicians are bombarded by alarms on a daily basis, most of which do not require action, causing desensitization to alarms, which potentially puts patient safety at risk. In…
The future of clinical documentation programs rests on improving data collection techniques during patient visits, according to a statement released Monday by the American Health Information Management Association.
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The Patient Safety Movement Foundation has partnered with the Emergency Medicine Patient Safety Foundation in pursuit of its goal to achieve zero preventable deaths in hospital settings by 2020.
In June, the Healthcare Association of New York State launched its Triple Aim Campaign, highlighting member hospitals and health systems that are transforming healthcare by focusing on healthcare's triple aim.
TeleTracking has published a blog post on the importance of good hand hygiene and the ability to track hand hygiene compliance in recognition of Global Handwashing Day, which was Oct. 15.
Each year, between 700,000 and 1 million patients fall while in the hospital. That rivals the number of patients who contract a healthcare associated infection (HAI). Of those patient falls, 111,000 result in a fatality, and 30-35% result in…
ArborMetrix co-founder Justin B. Dimick, MD, MPH, director of policy research at the Center for Healthcare Outcomes & Policy at the University of Michigan and chief of the division of minimally invasive surgery co-authored an article recently published in the…