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 »

Physician shortage projected to worsen through 2033

July 28, 2020
Inside Accreditation & Quality - Volume 2 Issue 8
Leadership, Staff safety

The projected shortage of physicians is worsening. Last year, the AAMC projected the shortfall of physicians at as many as 122,000 by 2032. The...Read More »

Q&A: Many hospitals still don’t have drug diversion programs

July 28, 2020
Inside Accreditation & Quality - Volume 2 Issue 8
Leadership, Medical Error Prevention, Medication Management, Patient Safety

The following Q&A resulted from a conversation PSQH had with Tom Knight, CEO of Georgia-based Invistics, a provider of...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 »

TJC releases new revisions, some effective immediately

July 14, 2020
Inside Accreditation & Quality - Volume 2 Issue 8
Accreditation, Joint Commission, Leadership, National Patient Safety Goals

In the last few months, The Joint Commission (TJC) has updated several of its hospital accreditation standards, but there are no real surprises,...Read More »

New IHI Chief Executive: ‘There is No Quality Without Equity’

July 9, 2020
Accreditation Insider - Volume 14 Issue 29
COVID-19, Leadership, Patient Safety, Quality Improvement

Equity is an underpinning consideration in efforts to improve U.S. healthcare, the new president and CEO of the ...Read More »

How NYC Health + Hospitals Trained 20K Staffers to Combat COVID-19

June 16, 2020
Accreditation Insider - Volume 14 Issue 25
COVID-19, Leadership, Staff safety

This spring, NYC H+H, with its 11 acute-care hospitals and three field hospitals established to handle patients infected with COVID-19, was at the...Read More »

Excerpt: Role of Leaders

June 9, 2020
Patient Safety Monitor Journal - Volume 21 Issue 7
Leadership, Patient Safety, Policies and Procedures

The following excerpt comes from of the HCPro book, Chapter Leader’s Guide to...Read More »

How to support the mental health of your healthcare workers

April 28, 2020
Inside Accreditation & Quality - Volume 2 Issue 5
Burnout, COVID-19, Leadership, Staff safety

During the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, the mental health needs of healthcare workers should not be overlooked, a disaster...Read More »

COVID-19: Hospitals should consider CoP carefully before deciding on DNR policy

March 31, 2020
Accreditation Insider - Volume 14 Issue 14
COVID-19, Environment and Facilities, Leadership, Patient Safety, Policies and Procedures, PPE

As the nation grapples with the 2019 novel coronavirus, clinicians and others in facilities have discussed whether to implement blanket “Do Not...Read More »

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