In case you missed it, OSHA’s Hazard Communications Standard has been revised to align with the United Nations Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labeling of Chemicals (GHS) and the first important “to do” date is rapidly approaching (you’ve got a little less than six months—...
Governing board members, senior leadership, and medical staff leadership should be oriented to seven hospital-specific terms. List at least five of them.
The Joint Commission has announced the creation of a National Patient Safety Goal (NPSG.06.01.01) addressing growing concerns surrounding alarm safety. Click the link above to read on.
Hospital readmissions are a complex problem. Now that reimbursement is affected, the issue is getting more attention, but attention on its own doesn't solve the problems that create readmissions. Rushed patient discharge, disconnects between the patient and the healthcare...
Like Franklin Woods Community Hospital (see p. 7), Sycamore Shoals Hospital (SSH) in Elizabethton, Tenn., a Mountain States Health Alliance hospital, is a participant in the QUEST collaborative. And like its sister hospital, SSH has achieved impressive results. Specifically, it...
Briefings on Accreditation & Quality - Volume 24, Issue 7
According to national statistics, anywhere from 25% to 40% of patients in acute care settings have either a primary or secondary behavioral health diagnosis. Whether that diagnosis is a substance abuse issue or another acute or chronic psychiatric condition, steps can-and should-be taken to...
The general public have a particular image of nursing in their heads. It's a caring individual at a patient's bedside giving medications, explaining conditions, and ensuring comfort. But, as most nurses can tell you, a more accurate picture involves searching through a supply...
The Association for Healthcare Accreditation Professionals (AHAP), in its most recent poll of members, targeted the concept of patient flow in the emergency department (ED). Rather than follow the organization's usual benchmarking format, the poll instead used an interview-style approach,...