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 & Quality Compliance Advisor - Volume 14 Issue 30
Burnout, Medication Management, Worker 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 & Quality Compliance Advisor - 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 & Quality Compliance Advisor - 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
Medication Management, Patient Safety, Policies and Procedures

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

Anesthesia procedures led by physicians provide highest patient protection

May 26, 2020
Patient Safety Monitor Journal - Volume 21 Issue 6
Medical Error Prevention, Medication Management, Patient Safety, Policies and Procedures, Quality Improvement

The problem with suggesting that complex issues can be addressed through “absolute” solutions is that, unless used in algebra, absolutes rarely...Read More »

Network seeks to reduce drug diversion, increase reporting rate

May 26, 2020
Patient Safety Monitor Journal - Volume 21 Issue 6
Medical Error Prevention, Medication Management, Policies and Procedures

An Atlanta-based nonprofit organization that focuses on drug diversion prevention has launched an online forum that it hopes will change the...Read More »

NIOSH seeks comment on updated list of hazardous drugs in healthcare

May 19, 2020
Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor - Volume 14 Issue 21
Medication Management, Worker Safety

The CDC’s National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) is seeking comment through the end of June on a long-awaited update to its...Read More »

Telemedicine playing front line role in COVID-19 outbreak

April 21, 2020
Inside Accreditation & Quality - Volume 2 Issue 5
COVID-19, Medical Error Prevention, Medication Management, Patient Safety, Policies and Procedures, Telemedicine

Some health systems are offering virtual screening for the novel coronavirus, COVID-19.

After reaching epidemic proportions in Wuhan, China...Read More »

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