Patient safety initiatives for blood clot prevention

November 10, 2020
Patient Safety Monitor Journal - Volume 21 Issue 12
Medical Error Prevention, Medication Management, Patient Safety

With the coronavirus pandemic heightening the focus on patient care, we’re highlighting patient safety in hospitals. A top way to avoid...Read More »

Serious adverse health events associated with methanol in some alcohol-based hand sanitizers

August 18, 2020
Patient Safety Monitor Journal - Volume 21 Issue 9
Infection Control, Medical Error Prevention, Medication Management, Patient Safety

The FDA warns that some ABHS manufactured in Mexico has been found to contain methanol (wood alcohol)—which is toxic when absorbed through the...Read More »

Patient Safety Monitor Journal, August 2020

August 3, 2020
Patient Safety Monitor Journal - Volume 21 Issue 8
Behavioral health, COVID-19, Healthcare Violence, Medication Management, Patient Safety, Staff safety, Telemedicine

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

Coronavirus fears drive medication adherence ups and downs

July 28, 2020
Patient Safety Monitor Journal - Volume 21 Issue 8
COVID-19, Medical Error Prevention, Medication Management, Patient Safety

The cost of poor medication adherence is tremendous—nearly $177 billion each year in direct and indirect healthcare costs—but the cost of...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 »

Physician Fatigue Linked to Electronic Health Record Use

July 21, 2020
Accreditation Insider - Volume 14 Issue 30
Burnout, Data Tracking, Medication Management, Staff safety

Most physicians experience fatigue working with electronic health records (EHRs) for as little as 22 minutes, a recent ...Read More »

New National Quality Forum Report Focuses on Achieving Better Health Outcomes

June 29, 2020
Accreditation Insider - Volume 14 Issue 27
Accreditation, Medication Management, Quality Improvement

Despite leading the world in healthcare spending at more than $3.5 trillion of expenditures annually, the United States lags other high-income...Read More »

NIOSH seeks to separate handling guidance from list of hazardous drugs

June 23, 2020
Inside Accreditation & Quality - Volume 2 Issue 7
Medication Management

The newest proposal was published in the Federal Register on May 1, with a request for public comments through June 30.Read More »

Study: Use of dexamethasone could cut coronavirus deaths by a third

June 16, 2020
Accreditation Insider - Volume 14 Issue 25
COVID-19, Medication Management, Patient Safety

The drug is cheap and widely available, meaning it can be rolled out quickly to poorer communities hit by the disease. The results show that one...Read More »

Contact-free continuous monitoring

June 16, 2020
Patient Safety Monitor Journal - Volume 21 Issue 7
Data Tracking, Medication Management, Patient Safety, Policies and Procedures

How Arnot Ogden Medical Center protects patients from clinical deteriorationRead More »

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