Patient Safety

You can have the best policies and procedures in the world, but if communication and understanding by those who need to know is not available,...Read More »

In today's world of healthcare, hospitals have to measure nearly everything related to quality and patient safety. There are lots...Read More »

High-touch surface areas remain a constant concern for infection preventionists (IP). Regular and terminal cleaning can only be...Read More »

In today's world of healthcare, hospitals have to measure nearly everything related to quality and patient safety. There are lots...Read More »

There are two objectives healthcare professionals know well: avoid patient harm, and pass Joint Commission and CMS survey and...Read More »

Have you encountered situations in your professional life where conflict arose because of ego?Read More »

Many hospitals struggle with readmissions, and sometimes a readmission might be out of the control of the hospital. Still, when...Read More »

Patient safety has long stood on a variety of tenets, some of which have formed the process and basis for how professionals (both leaders and...Read More »

The best way to mass vaccinate the general public during flu season is to make flu shots as accessible as possible, and access...Read More »

Many hospitals across the nation are already working with health IT, including electronic health records (EHR) and bar code scanning­-especially...Read More »