Healthcare organizations carry a heavy workplace violence burden, with about three-quarters of U.S. workplace assaults occurring in healthcare settings, according to OSHA. Workplace violence is especially prevalent in emergency departments—78% of emergency physicians have reported being targets...
The problem with suggesting that complex issues can be addressed through “absolute” solutions is that, unless used in algebra, absolutes rarely further their intended goal.
This is especially concerning in healthcare delivery, where evidence-based treatment and management protocols...
An Atlanta-based nonprofit organization that focuses on drug diversion prevention has launched an online forum that it hopes will change the landscape of the drug diversion problem in U.S. hospitals.
The Healthcare Diversion Network in May 2019 launched the website...
The COVID-19 pandemic has tested the U.S. healthcare system in ways not seen in modern times, as floods of patients have overwhelmed hospitals and healthcare facilities.
As usual, healthcare workers are being asked to take on some of the hardest work during the coronavirus pandemic. Many...
There are several factors that need to be considered when designing a field facility, such as infection control, documentation, security, weather, electricity, and heating.
