A new tool endorsed by the National Patient Safety Foundation aims to streamline patient safety and quality improvement efforts using a simple, evidence-based model.
Technology is constantly changing, but the same can't be said for the risks associated with that technology. In fact, some of the top technology risks facing hospitals in 2016 haven't changed in five years.
Briefings on Accreditation & Quality - Volume 26, Issue 2
Medications that are prepared outside the pharmacy will soon come under more intense scrutiny by state surveyors, based on recent CMS updates related to pharmacy services.
Briefings on Accreditation & Quality - Volume 26, Issue 2
Medications that are prepared outside the pharmacy will soon come under more intense scrutiny by state surveyors, based on recent CMS updates related to pharmacy services.
Briefings on Accreditation & Quality - Volume 26, Issue 2
Editor's note: The following article was written by healthcare consultants Marlene Strader, PhD, RN, and BOAQ advisor Elizabeth Di Giacomo-Geffers, RN, MPH, CSHA. Both are former surveyors for The Joint Commission.
Building on its Comprehensive Unit-based Safety Program (CUSP), the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) recently released a new toolkit aimed at reducing catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTI) in hospitals.
A study released in The Journal of the American Medical Association has found that surgery patients in hospitals with better nursing environments receive better care without drastically increasing costs.
During this year’s World Economic Forum in Switzerland, drug companies from 16 different nations announced a new agreement to fight the rise of antimicrobial-resistant (AMR) infections, sometimes referred to as “superbugs.”
A new national study published in The Journal of Medical Care found the number of postacute patients sent to inpatient facilities can vary from 3% to 40% depending on the hospital.
Despite the risk that bloodborne diseases represent, a new study published in The American Journal of Infection Control discovered only 17.4% of nurses follow all nine standard precautions meant to prevent the spread of bloodborne infections.
