The Emergency Care Research Institute (ECRI) publishes an annual report that details research-backed safety concerns facing healthcare systems...Read More »
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Accreditation and quality leaders have long relied on The Joint Commission (TJC)’s most frequently scored standards as a barometer for risk of...Read More »
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Accreditation and quality leaders face mounting pressure from multiple directions, exposing weaknesses tied to higher stakes. What once resulted...Read More »
Medication reconciliation remains one of the most critical and challenging components of patient safety, particularly during transitions such as...Read More »
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For hospital accreditation and quality leaders, patient safety and quality improvement are often described as inseparable. In reality, they...Read More »
Hospitals must report adverse actions taken against the privileges of a physician or dentist to the National Practitioner Data Bank. Hospitals...Read More »
