Fighting stress and burnout in your clinic

September 16, 2019
Patient Safety Monitor Journal - Volume 20 Issue 10
Medical Error Prevention, Policies and Procedures, Quality Improvement

Some of the biggest hazards facing medical staff (and the patients they treat) are lack of rest, long hours, and stressful conditions.Read More »

Q&A: ISMP president discusses medication safety

September 16, 2019
Inside Accreditation & Quality - Volume 1 Issue 10
Medical Error Prevention, Medication Management, Policies and Procedures

Michael R. Cohen, RPH, MS, ScD (hon.), DPS (hon.), FASHP, founder and president of the Institute for Safe Medication Practices (ISMP), discusses...Read More »

Expect renewed focus on post-discharge suicides with new SE categories

September 16, 2019
Inside Accreditation & Quality - Volume 1 Issue 10
Joint Commission, Medical Error Prevention, Patient Safety, Suicide Prevention

Expect even more focus on how hospitals help patients at risk of suicide soon after discharge, now that two suicide-related categories have been...Read More »

What can we do about medical device security?

September 10, 2019
Accreditation Insider - Volume 13 Issue 39
Data Tracking, Environment and Facilities, Medical Error Prevention, Policies and Procedures

The risks range from exposing patients’ sensitive data to...Read More »

TJC’s Quick Safety addresses drug diversion

September 3, 2019
Patient Safety Monitor Journal - Volume 20 Issue 10
Medical Error Prevention, Medication Management

“Even the best efforts have not completely eradicated diversion,” says Robert Campbell, PharmD, is the director of Medication Management at The...Read More »

Q&A: ISMP President Discusses Medication Safety

August 26, 2019
Accreditation Insider - Volume 13 Issue 37
Medical Error Prevention, Medication Management

Editor’s note: In this interview, Michael R. Cohen, RPH, MS, ScD (hon.), DPS (hon.), FASHP, founder...Read More »

Leapfrog leader pushes for adoption of expanded medical error policy

August 6, 2019
Accreditation Insider - Volume 13 Issue 34
Accreditation, Medical Error Prevention, Patient Safety

Leapfrog is promoting a nine-point Never Event Policy to help health systems and hospitals address catastrophic medical errors.Read More »

New sentinel event alert highlights risks of direct oral anticoagulants

August 6, 2019
Accreditation Insider - Volume 13 Issue 34
Joint Commission, Medical Error Prevention, Medication Management

The Joint Commission (TJC) this week issued a new...Read More »

Patient Safety Monitor Journal, August 2019

August 5, 2019
Patient Safety Monitor Journal - Volume 20 Issue 8
Infection Control, Medical Error Prevention, Medication Management, Patient Safety, Quality Improvement

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

How BJC HealthCare cut patient harm events 75% by targeting 5 factors

August 1, 2019
- Volume 13 Issue 38
Medical Error Prevention, Patient Safety, Quality Improvement

In 2008, St. Louis-based BJC HealthCare launched a patient safety and quality improvement initiative that was designed to dramatically reduce...Read More »

Pages