Missed deficiencies within the physical environment, fire safety, infection control and patients’ rights continues to dominate CMS’ annual report card on the annual performance of accrediting organizations (AOs)
A team-based approach to responding to agitated patients in the Emergency Department (ED) setting can result in a significant decrease in the utilization of physical restraints, a recent ...
Clinical debriefing efforts can drive several benefits at health systems and hospitals, according to the NYC Health + Hospitals presenters of a session at this week’s ...
Didn’t have time to gather your thoughts yet on OSHA’s emergency temporary standard (ETS) requiring vaccination and testing for employers with 100 or more employees? You can still offer up...
In 2001, the Institute of Medicine released Crossing the Quality Chasm, a landmark report that signaled a new era in the healthcare industry’s view of patient care quality. Fast forward 20 years, and healthcare systems are still coming to grips with the report’s conclusion that...
CMS has joined with OSHA in suspending its mandate for COVID-19 vaccination of healthcare workers, but says hospitals are welcome to enforce the requirement voluntarily.
Workflow is a set of tasks grouped into processes that require the interaction of people and resources to accomplish defined goals. There are methodologies to carefully examine systems, and more specifically workflows, that can enable optimizations for better efficiency, safety, and satisfaction...
