Patient Safety

The Joint Commission seeks feedback on revisions to the 2010 version of Universal Protocol (Hospital, Critical Access Hospital, Ambulatory Care,...Read More »

True or false: Patient and family education is a critical component when discharging a patient who is at risk for suicide.Read More »

True or false: Informed consent includes information on the risks and hazards of a particular treatment, the alternatives or options available to...Read More »

Until 2007, nurses at Riley Hospital for Children in Indianapolis relied on traditional shift change reporting methods to communicate patient care...Read More »

Systemic change does require visionary leadership. The board of trustees for our facility established a new three-year strategic plan based on our...Read More »

Q. We are in the process of moving to an electronic system. How have other hospitals managed co-signatures on high-risk medications when nurses...Read More »

Inside:

• New AHRQ tool to help hospitals better display quality data
• Malpractice data analysis offers window into surgical
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Q. What is a good way to measure whether a certain process is under control—that is, performing the way we expect it to?Read More »

The July issue contains the following stories:

• Maryland program provides road map for reducing patient falls
• Although many
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Editor’s note: The following column explores patient safety from the perspective of a newcomer to the field. Columnist Catherine...Read More »