Work-life balance is a foreign term to most people in healthcare. Our industry is very good at taking care of other people, but it's not so great at taking care of its own. Part of the driving force behind this mismatch is the constant drive to always take care of those in need, without...
When The Joint Commission announced its proposed changes to NPSG.07.06.01 in September, it's likely that they were met with more shrugged shoulders than panicked expressions.
With an increasing number of regulations, National Patient Safety Goals (NPSG), Sentinel Event Alerts, and changes in procedure, medical staff may feel like they're stuck in an endless cycle of creating and approving new policies, including policies that they may not really need to approve...
Briefings on Accreditation & Quality - Volume 26, Issue 11
There is no magic structure, and one size does not fit all, but there are some general guidelines that can be helpful in structuring a tracer training program, implementing tracers, and reporting tracer findings. Much depends on how big the organization is, or is not, and the...
The FDA issued a safety alert in September about infections associated with reprocessed flexible bronchoscopes. Although the level of concern over infection-related illnesses from bronchoscopes is not as high as the level of concerns over inadequately reprocessed endoscopes, the goal of the...
