Accreditation Insider

Primary care docs face obstacles identifying, managing chronic kidney disease

September 17, 2019
Patient Safety, Policies and Procedures, Quality Improvement

The federal government’s efforts to reduce by 25% the number of people developing end-stage kidney disease in the next decade may be hobbled the lack of knowledge and support tools

Accreditation Insider

Study: use of high-risk antibiotics leads to increase in C. difficile infections

September 17, 2019
Infection Control, Medication Management

The increased prevalence of hospital-associated C. difficile infections is thought to be tied to higher...

Patient Safety Monitor Journal - Volume 20, Issue 10

Fighting stress and burnout in your clinic

September 16, 2019
Medical Error Prevention, Policies and Procedures, Quality Improvement

Some of the biggest hazards facing medical staff (and the patients they treat) are lack of rest, long hours, and stressful conditions.

Patient Safety Monitor Journal - Volume 20, Issue 10

Too many antibiotics given in pneumonia treatment

September 16, 2019
Medication Management, Patient Safety, Policies and Procedures, Quality Improvement

Giving patients “too much” ultimately increased their risk of adverse events.

Inside Accreditation & Quality - Volume 1, Issue 10

Q&A: ISMP president discusses medication safety

September 16, 2019
Medical Error Prevention, Medication Management, Policies and Procedures

Michael R. Cohen, RPH, MS, ScD (hon.), DPS (hon.), FASHP, founder and president of the Institute for Safe Medication Practices (ISMP), discusses the current state of medication safety. 

Inside Accreditation & Quality - Volume 1, Issue 10

Expect renewed focus on post-discharge suicides with new SE categories

September 16, 2019
Joint Commission, Medical Error Prevention, Patient Safety, Suicide Prevention

Expect even more focus on how hospitals help patients at risk of suicide soon after discharge, now that two suicide-related categories have been shown to make up the top five sentinel events for the first half of 2019.

Patient Safety Monitor Journal - Volume 20, Issue 10

An El Paso hospital trained for a mass shooting

September 10, 2019
Healthcare Violence

Then they got the real thing

Accreditation Insider

What can we do about medical device security?

September 10, 2019
Data Tracking, Environment and Facilities, Medical Error Prevention, Policies and Procedures

The risks range from exposing patients’ sensitive data to outright hijacking of devices, with potentially lethal consequences.

Inside Accreditation & Quality - Volume 1, Issue 10

Prepare now to avoid costly occupational exposures later

September 10, 2019
Infection Control, Patient Safety

In just eight months in 2019, measles cases spread to more than 30 states. Even if your state isn’t one of those, it’s worth your time to review outbreak preparations for both inside and outside your facility.

Accreditation Insider

Many Hospital ERs Lagging in ‘Pediatric Readiness’

September 10, 2019

Critically ill children brought to hospital EDs unprepared for pediatric emergencies are three times more likely to die than at hospitals well-equipped to care for them.

Pages