Look at any hospital ranking system and you’ll see the same headlines: “Best hospitals in the U.S.,” or “Top-ranked hospitals in the country.” Although these are attention grabbing for consumers, what metrics really define the word “best”?
First the good news: Patient-controlled analgesia (PCA) pumps equipped with patient monitoring devices have helped avoid adverse events and saved hospitals money. The bad news? Hospitals are generally inconsistent in using those monitoring devices and adhering to PCA safety practices or...
In case hospitals weren’t devoting enough attention to preventing central line–associated bloodstream infections (CLABSI), The Joint Commission has released a new toolkit to equip hospital leaders, managers, and frontline caregivers with easy-to-use tools for safely inserting, maintaining, and...
More than 2,500 general hospitals in the United States received Hospital Safety Scores, and although 32% received an “A,” patient safety experts say those numbers aren’t high enough.
The fall update to the Hospital Safety Scores, which were released by The Leapfrog Group on October 23...
Mistakes happen. Many times when mistakes happen in hospitals, the hospital's system and process design has at least in part failed a frontline provider. How much of a human error is truly the fault of the hospital could probably be under debate well after the incident. However...
All day and all night, healthcare providers try to help people heal and feel better. They take care of sick patients, both the chronic and acutely ill. Much of the care-and the outcomes that follow-is routine for providers.
While there are many mandates brought about by healthcare reform, healthcare organizations are beginning to understand how much they truly need to partner with their patients in care.
