Failure to rescue occurs when healthcare providers fail to recognize or respond appropriately to a patient's clinical deterioration. It reflects a...Read More »
Traditional quality metrics often emphasize adverse events, readmissions, complications, or mortality. While those measures remain important,...Read More »
Hospital patient safety leaders' everyday reactions to employee concerns can determine whether potential safety risks are identified or allowed to...Read More »
A hospital receives an accreditation finding, revises the relevant policy, retrains staff, increases auditing, and completes a corrective-action...Read More »
Hospitals can meet accreditation requirements, track quality measures, and deliver appropriate care, yet still see patients experience poor...Read More »
A hospital can have plenty of beds, sufficient physician staffing, and adequate emergency services, yet still leave some of the factors driving...Read More »
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 »
