How to handle malignant hyperthermia

Briefings on Accreditation & Quality
October 1, 2017
Patient Safety, Quality & Errors, Accreditation & Survey Preparation

Malignant hyperthermia (MH) is a key focus for surveyors. Schedule drills for staff on finding the emergency carts with the proper drugs to treat...Read More »

CMS report focuses on AOs' life safety short-comings

Briefings on Accreditation & Quality
October 1, 2017
Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Natural & Manmade Disasters, Quality & Errors

The annual CMS evaluation of accreditation organizations (AO) is out and in the hands of Congress. CMS thinks all the AOs aren’t doing as well as...Read More »

Q&A: What you need to know about compounding medicine

Briefings on Accreditation & Quality
August 1, 2017
Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Environment and Facilities, Quality & Errors

The Joint Commission unveiled a new Medication Compounding Certification (MCC) program in January with the goal of reducing the harm stemming from...Read More »

Experts weigh in on CMS transparency proposal: Balancing public's right to know with quality

Briefings on Accreditation & Quality
August 1, 2017
Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Quality & Errors

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ISMP’s targeted medication safety best practices for 2017

Patient Safety Monitor Journal
July 25, 2017
Patient Safety, Policies and Procedures, Quality & Errors

Editor’s note: The Institute for Safe Medication Practices (ISMP) released its 2016–2017 Targeted Medication...Read More »

Study: Postoperative complications are a major concern for hospitals

Patient Safety Monitor Journal
July 25, 2017
Patient Safety, Policies and Procedures, Quality & Errors

A recent study sheds new light on the prevalence of postoperative complications.

In November 2016, a study published in the British...Read More »

Bringing universal suicide screening to your hospital

Patient Safety Monitor Journal
July 25, 2017
Patient Safety, Policies and Procedures, Quality & Errors, Behavioral & Mental Health

With suicide rates high and getting higher, hospitals and clinics need to revamp how they work with suicidal patients. The first step is...Read More »

ECRI: The rules on copying and pasting medical information

Patient Safety Monitor Journal
July 25, 2017
Patient Safety, Policies and Procedures, Quality & Errors

In 2016, the ECRI Institute’s Partnership for  ...Read More »

Innovation in pursuit of high-reliability culture

Patient Safety Monitor Journal
July 25, 2017
Quality & Errors

The Institute of Medicine sent waves racing across the surface of American healthcare when it published To Err Is Human in 1999. The unsettling...Read More »

Keeping fungi at bay

Patient Safety Monitor Journal
July 25, 2017
Infection Control, Patient Safety, Quality & Errors

In March, ...Read More »

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