Patient Safety

True or False: A nursing assessment should be completed within 24 hours of the patient’s admission to the hospital.Read More »

Q: What is expected of me when it comes to monitoring the performance improvement of contracted services?Read More »

The Joint Commission and the American Case Management Association (ACMA) have announced this year’s winner of the Franklin Award of Distinction...Read More »

May 6 through May 12 marks the celebration of National Nurses Week, an annual event to recognize the contributions of nurses throughout the...Read More »

Taken from the recent HCPro book, ...Read More »

In honor of the National Patient Safety Foundation's Patient Safety Awareness Week, Saint Francis ­Hospital and Medical Center in...Read More »

In honor of the National Patient Safety Foundation's Patient Safety Awareness Week, Saint Francis ­Hospital and Medical Center in...Read More »

By now, the Health Insurance Portability and ­Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) is well known to the healthcare community....Read More »

Years ago, when I wanted information on certain patient safety subjects, I might have gone to multiple sources—the Internet (of course), a...Read More »

Patient Safety Monitor Journal, April 2012Read More »