Recent carbapenem-resistant enterobacteriaceae (CRE) outbreaks at two Los Angeles hospitals have raised serious questions regarding reprocessing procedures tied to duodenoscopes and the risks patients face during endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) procedures.
In February, representatives from pulmonary medicine and patient safety organizations gathered with respiratory medicine thought leaders in a roundtable discussion hosted by the National Association for Medical Direction of Respiratory Care. Their main objective: Identify ways to recognize...
Although patient safety data has played a larger role in dictating hospital and state initiatives, sometimes statistics are only one piece of the puzzle.
More and more, accrediting and regulatory bodies are focusing on behavioral health and how it impacts overall patient care, as are many experts in the field of quality improvement. The reasons behind this are clear: For many years, the patient's behavioral and physical health have been...
Briefings on Accreditation & Quality - Volume 26, Issue 5
Workforce analytics can be considered the future of human resources. It is the new way of making people-related business decisions. Just as healthcare has focused more strenuously on evidence-based care to guide clinical decision-making and algorithms, now HR functions can do the same.
OSHA’s new workplace violence guidelines for healthcare call for increased facility security measures and recommend that facilities develop workplace violence prevention programs.
The CMS says more than 400,000 providers accepted pay cuts instead of participate in the federal physician-quality reporting system and electronic prescribing incentive programs.
The Joint Commission clarified that accredited organizations providing diagnostic imaging services have until July 1, 2016 to comply with the accreditor’s requirement for an annual performance evaluation of imaging equipment.
