Failure to identify or interrupt contact transmissions, droplet transmissions, airborne transmissions, environmental spread, and transport-related...Read More »
Accreditation leaders should look beyond the survey itself and consider how accreditation can support continuous compliance, internal risk...Read More »
The initial appointment of physicians and allied health practitioners in hospitals often receives more attention than their reappointment. However...Read More »
Hospitals cannot assume capacity constraints change their fundamental obligations to patients. Clinicians are still expected to assess patients...Read More »
Hospitals need strong security measures, but they also need to create an environment where patients and visitors feel comfortable accessing care....Read More »
In June, CMS issued a final rule designed to strengthen oversight of accrediting organizations (AO), reduce conflicts of interest, and create...Read More »
After deploying artificial intelligence (AI), patient safety teams must apply best practices for investigating adverse events, preserving evidence...Read More »
Patient falls are multifaceted, and a facility’s approach to fall prevention should reflect that. The patient’s fall risk score may indicate a...Read More »
Workplace violence (WPV) prevention in healthcare cannot begin and end with counting serious incidents. Behaviors that signal a problem, such as...Read More »
In this guest column, Dan Scungio, MT(ASCP), SLS, laboratory safety officer for multihospital system Sentara Healthcare in Virginia, and otherwise...Read More »
