Tool: Use agenda template to keep your HICS meetings on track

August 25, 2020
Inside Accreditation & Quality - Volume 2 Issue 9
Emergency Management, Environment and Facilities, Policies and Procedures

Modify this template of an incident command meeting agenda for your organization, to help you keep your hospital incident command system (HICS)...Read More »

Game Planning Your Return to Elective Surgeries

August 25, 2020
Accreditation Insider - Volume 14 Issue 35
COVID-19, Policies and Procedures

The recent moratorium on elective surgeries due to the COVID-19 pandemic has been brutal on hospitals, providers, and provider organizations—...Read More »

Case study: Virtual reality at Vanderbilt

August 10, 2020
Patient Safety Monitor Journal - Volume 21 Issue 9
Leadership, Medical Error Prevention, Policies and Procedures, Quality Improvement

How the academic medical center designed a virtual reality course for point-of-care ultrasound training

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How to update your restraint and seclusion policy

July 28, 2020
Patient Safety Monitor Journal - Volume 21 Issue 8
Accreditation, Emergency Management, Healthcare Violence, Leadership, Patient Safety, Policies and Procedures

Kevin Ann Huckshorn, PhD, MSN, RN, CADC, ICRC, a national behavioral health consultant with years of experience in hospital...Read More »

A prescription for social determinants of health

July 21, 2020
Patient Safety Monitor Journal - Volume 21 Issue 8
Behavioral health, Leadership, Patient Safety, Policies and Procedures, Quality Improvement

New programs support physicians in addressing these key drivers of health outcomes

It’s become more widely accepted that social...Read More »

Q&A: Centura Health on telehealth expansion

July 14, 2020
Patient Safety Monitor Journal - Volume 21 Issue 8
Accreditation, Policies and Procedures, Quality Improvement, Telehealth

The coronavirus pandemic and social distancing requirements prompted many healthcare organizations to start or expand their telehealth programs...Read More »

Coronavirus: 4 Methods Effective in Decontaminating N95 Respirator Masks

July 14, 2020
Accreditation Insider - Volume 14 Issue 29
COVID-19, Policies and Procedures, PPE

Based on a review of scientific literature, there are four effective methods to decontaminate N95 respirator masks, a recent ...Read More »

(Un)safe restraints: A method of last resort

July 7, 2020
Patient Safety Monitor Journal - Volume 21 Issue 8
Accreditation, CMS, Healthcare Violence, Patient Safety, Policies and Procedures, Staff safety

While healthcare and law enforcement do not perform...Read More »

40% of Providers at Risk of Closure Due to Financial Implications of COVID-19

July 7, 2020
Accreditation Insider - Volume 14 Issue 28
Accreditation, COVID-19, Policies and Procedures, PPE

Forty percent of acute care organizations are at risk of closure, two-thirds of which are organizations with less than 100 beds, due to financial...Read More »

Age-Friendly Health Systems

June 30, 2020
Patient Safety Monitor Journal - Volume 21 Issue 7
Environment and Facilities, Patient Safety, Policies and Procedures, Quality Improvement

In the U.S., the population of older adults with complex healthcare needs is growing rapidly. While the total U.S. population rose 9.7% between...Read More »

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