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Case study: Virtual reality at Vanderbilt

August 10, 2020
Patient Safety Monitor Journal - Volume 21 Issue 9
Leadership, Medical Error Prevention, Policies and Procedures, Quality Improvement

How the academic medical center designed a virtual reality course for point-of-care ultrasound training

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The importance of sustaining quality initiatives in times of crisis

August 10, 2020
Accreditation Insider - Volume 14 Issue 34
COVID-19, Quality Improvement

The coronavirus public health emergency will have a long-lasting impact on the finances and care delivery processes of hospitals across the United...Read More »

Coronavirus: Providing Respiratory Therapy on Frontline of the Pandemic

August 10, 2020
- Volume 14 Issue 34
COVID-19, Patient Safety, PPE, Staff safety

With respiratory distress common among seriously ill coronavirus patients, respiratory therapists are at the tip of the spear on the pandemic...Read More »

As pandemic drags on, NAHQ and ASHE conferences go virtual

August 4, 2020
Accreditation Insider - Volume 14 Issue 33
Accreditation, Environment and Facilities, Life Safety

More than four months into the COVID-19 lockdown, we’re seeing some states gradually open up and others frantically put restrictions back in place...Read More »

Inform, reassure, and reduce anxiety during COVID-19

August 4, 2020
Accreditation Insider - Volume 14 Issue 32
Behavioral health, Burnout, COVID-19, Patient Safety, Suicide Prevention

Here are areas where your facility can work to ease patients’ safety concerns during the pandemic. They come from Colleen McCrory, MBA,...Read More »

CMS, CDC Create Provider Payment for COVID-19 Counseling

August 4, 2020
Accreditation Insider - Volume 14 Issue 32
Accreditation, Behavioral health, CMS, COVID-19

Physicians and other healthcare providers will now be paid to counsel patients about the importance of self-isolation after testing for COVID-19,...Read More »

Money woes and distance: Patient stressors during the COVID-19 era

August 4, 2020
Patient Safety Monitor Journal - Volume 21 Issue 9
Behavioral health, Burnout, COVID-19, Patient Safety, Suicide Prevention

As of this writing, the novel 2019 coronavirus has infected over 4.6 million Americans and killed over 155,000. Unemployment is at its highest...Read More »

Will TJC get tougher? CMS okays AO status but outlines concerns

August 4, 2020
Inside Accreditation & Quality - Volume 2 Issue 9
Accreditation, CMS, Joint Commission, Survey Coordinator Training, Survey Preparation

Expect The Joint Commission (TJC) to get tougher on some areas of survey, particularly with the physical environment and off-campus facilities,...Read More »

Patient Safety Monitor Journal, August 2020

August 3, 2020
Patient Safety Monitor Journal - Volume 21 Issue 8
Behavioral health, COVID-19, Healthcare Violence, Medication Management, Patient Safety, Staff safety, Telehealth

Subscribers, download this month's full PSMJ newsletter Read More »

Inside Accreditation and Quality, July 2020

August 3, 2020
Inside Accreditation & Quality - Volume 2 Issue 8
Accreditation, CMS, COVID-19, Environment and Facilities, Joint Commission, Quality Improvement, Survey Coordinator Training, Survey Preparation

Subscribers, download this month's full IAQ newsletter Read More »

Understanding the new Joint Commission requirements for maternal patient safety

July 29, 2020
Accreditation Insider - Volume 14 Issue 32
Joint Commission, Maternity care

The steadily climbing maternal mortality rate in the U.S. has (appropriately) attracted a great deal of media attention over the last few years....Read More »

Public Health Emergency is Extended: Blanket Waivers Continue for Now

July 29, 2020
Accreditation Insider - Volume 14 Issue 32
Accreditation, CMS, COVID-19, Emergency Management, Telehealth

Now that Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Alex Azar has again renewed the official declaration of a public health emergency (PHE) related...Read More »

Coronavirus fears drive medication adherence ups and downs

July 28, 2020
Patient Safety Monitor Journal - Volume 21 Issue 8
COVID-19, Medical Error Prevention, Medication Management, Patient Safety

The cost of poor medication adherence is tremendous—nearly $177 billion each year in direct and indirect healthcare costs—but the cost of...Read More »

How to update your restraint and seclusion policy

July 28, 2020
Patient Safety Monitor Journal - Volume 21 Issue 8
Accreditation, Emergency Management, Healthcare Violence, Leadership, Patient Safety, Policies and Procedures

Kevin Ann Huckshorn, PhD, MSN, RN, CADC, ICRC, a national behavioral health consultant with years of experience in hospital...Read More »

Stroke survival rates drop precipitously in remote areas

July 28, 2020
Inside Accreditation & Quality - Volume 2 Issue 8
Patient Safety, Quality Improvement

Compared with patients hospitalized in urban areas, however, the study found that the risk of death was about 5% higher for patients hospitalized...Read More »

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