Patient Safety Monitor Journal - Volume 20, Issue 5

Many patients using anticoagulants are taking aspirin the same day

May 1, 2019
Patient Safety, Quality & Errors

Taking both puts patients at a significant higher risk of adverse outcomes, including major bleeding events

Patient Safety Monitor Journal - Volume 20, Issue 5

Q&A: Legal marijuana use in hospitals

May 1, 2019
Patient Safety, Policies and Procedures, Quality & Errors

Know the rules around patients and staff using marijuana 

Briefings on Accreditation & Quality - Volume 30, Issue 5

ER doctor: Protect your staff from workplace violence

May 1, 2019
Patient Safety, Quality & Errors, Workplace safety

Amy Costigan, MD, wants to be able to practice emergency medicine without being punched in the face.

Patient Safety Monitor Journal - Volume 20, Issue 5

High hospital C-section rates will be published online in 2020

May 1, 2019
Patient Safety, Quality & Errors, Accreditation & Survey Preparation

Next year, patients and potential parents will have one more metric by which to judge your hospital. Starting July 2020, The Joint Commission (TJC) will publicly report hospitals that have consistently high C-section rates on its Quality Check website...

Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor

In-Hospital Delirium Predictive of Readmission, Discharge to Postacute Facilities, ER Visits

April 23, 2019
Patient Safety, Policies and Procedures

In-hospital delirium is a predictor of readmission, emergency department visits, and discharge to a location other than home, recent ...

Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor

CDC clarifies opioid prescribing guidelines

April 16, 2019
Patient Safety, Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Quality & Errors

In a ...

Patient Safety Monitor Journal - Volume 20, Issue 4

ER doctor: Protect your staff from workplace violence

April 1, 2019
Patient Safety, Policies and Procedures, Workplace safety

Amy Costigan, MD, wants to be able to practice emergency medicine without being punched in the face.

Patient Safety Monitor Journal - Volume 20, Issue 4

PSMF takes aim at postoperative delirium in elders

April 1, 2019
Patient Safety, Quality & Errors

“Surprisingly, the alien abductees have a support group, but our delirium patients don’t,” Pandharipande says.

Patient Safety Monitor Journal - Volume 20, Issue 4

Patient Safety Monitor Journal, April 2019

April 1, 2019
Patient Safety

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Briefings on Accreditation & Quality - Volume 30, Issue 4

Four steps to improve your hospital quality and safety rankings

April 1, 2019
Patient Safety, Quality & Errors

Nearly two decades after the Institute of Medicine published its groundbreaking healthcare safety report To Err Is Human, medical errors remain a leading cause of death in this country.

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