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April 8, 2020
Accreditation Insider - Volume 14 Issue 16
COVID-19, Emergency Management, Environment and Facilities, Infection Control, Quality Improvement

The model, developed by researchers at University of Pennsylvania Health System (UPHS), has already informed decision-making at both the system...Read More »

Verma Raps Accrediting Organizations’ ‘Glaring Conflict of Interest’

March 3, 2020
Accreditation Insider - Volume 14 Issue 10
Accreditation, CMS, Joint Commission, Quality Improvement, Survey Preparation

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Administrator...Read More »

Patient Safety Monitor Journal, March 2020

March 2, 2020
Patient Safety Monitor Journal - Volume 21 Issue 3
Patient Safety, Policies and Procedures, Quality Improvement

Subscribers, download this month's full PSMJ newsletter Read More »

Inside Accreditation and Quality, March 2020

March 2, 2020
Inside Accreditation & Quality - Volume 2 Issue 3
Accreditation, Patient Safety, Quality Improvement

Subscribers, download this month's full IAQ newsletter Read More »

Becoming a High-Reliability Organization Through Shared Learning of Safety Events

February 25, 2020
Patient Safety Monitor Journal - Volume 21 Issue 3
Accreditation, Data Tracking, Leadership, Medical Error Prevention, Quality Improvement

Nearly 20 years after the publication of the Institute of Medicine’s report To Err Is Human, healthcare providers look to methodologies used in...Read More »

How Yale's flagship hospital determines aging clinicians' fitness to practice

February 25, 2020
Inside Accreditation & Quality - Volume 2 Issue 3
Burnout, Leadership, Quality Improvement

Yale New Haven Hospital has developed a two-step assessment process for all clinicians who are at least 70 years old and seeking reappointment to...Read More »

Value-Based Metrics Penalize Top-Performing Hospitals

February 25, 2020
Accreditation Insider - Volume 14 Issue 9
Accreditation, Data Tracking, Quality Improvement, Survey Preparation

Hospitals that are recognized for high-quality cardiac care...Read More »

Primary Care Dementia Screening Does Not Increase Depression or Anxiety

February 25, 2020
Accreditation Insider - Volume 14 Issue 9
Patient Safety, Policies and Procedures, Quality Improvement

Primary care clinicians provide the most care to older adults, and at least half of primary care patients afflicted with ADRDs are ...Read More »

Open communication softens the impact of medical errors on patients and families

February 18, 2020
Patient Safety Monitor Journal - Volume 21 Issue 3
Medical Error Prevention, Patient Safety, Policies and Procedures, Quality Improvement

Open communication with patients after medical errors decreases emotional impacts and diminishes patient avoidance of doctors and organizations...Read More »

Office of Civil Rights reminds planners to consider at-risk populations

February 18, 2020
Patient Safety Monitor Journal - Volume 21 Issue 3
Emergency Management, Policies and Procedures, Quality Improvement

Remember that the population you serve in a catastrophic emergency might include patients with disabilities or limited English proficiency.Read More »

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