Articles

Patient Safety Monitor Journal - Volume 21, Issue 1

20 years after To Err Is Human

December 23, 2019
Patient Safety, Policies and Procedures, Quality & Errors

While no one would say that we’re close to that goal, a lot of progress has been made—progress that’s saved many lives.

Patient Safety Monitor Journal - Volume 21, Issue 1

Five strategies to improve opioid use disorder care in hospitals

December 16, 2019
Patient Safety, Quality & Errors

A new report provides five system-level strategies with specific initiative examples for hospitals to improve prevention, identification, and treatment of opioid use disorder.

Patient Safety Monitor Journal - Volume 21, Issue 1

Revisiting The Joint Commission’s drug diversion advice, resources amid growing opioid epidemic

December 16, 2019
Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Quality & Errors

10% of healthcare workers in the U.S. are abusing drugs of some sort.

Patient Safety Monitor Journal - Volume 21, Issue 1

How not to run out of water

December 10, 2019
Environment and Facilities, Fire & Life Safety, Policies and Procedures

Running out of water in an emergency is not something a hospital wants to think about. However, recent events have shown that it can and does happen: 

Patient Safety Monitor Journal - Volume 21, Issue 1

Providing excellent care through training and culture

December 3, 2019
Leadership & Finance, Patient Safety, Quality & Errors

The most successful hospitals not only focus on patient safety and positive outcomes, they also create a collective winning mindset within the organization. 

Patient Safety Monitor Journal - Volume 20, Issue 12

The 12 days of Christmas: Gifts we’d like to give healthcare this year

November 26, 2019
Patient Safety, Quality & Errors

We’ve thought of some gifts we’d like to bestow upon the busy healthcare clinic workers in the country—if we had the power to do so.

Patient Safety Monitor Journal - Volume 20, Issue 12

Polarity in patient safety

November 19, 2019
Patient Safety, Quality & Errors

“It’s still shocking, frustrating, disappointing, the frequency to which we still do the wrong thing.” 

Patient Safety Monitor Journal - Volume 20, Issue 12

Kill complexity, save lives

November 19, 2019
Patient Safety, Policies and Procedures, Quality & Errors

“When you start requiring silly things, and we think it’s silly and doesn’t make clinical sense, it’s not sustainable. And a process that’s not sustainable is an unsafe process.”

Patient Safety Monitor Journal - Volume 20, Issue 12

Patient Safety Decade review: 2010–2019

November 12, 2019
Patient Safety

We asked Ken Rohde, senior consultant for patient safety and process improvement at The Greeley Company, to look back at 2010–2019 and take some educated guesses at what’s in store for the next decade of healthcare quality and patient safety.

Patient Safety Monitor Journal - Volume 20, Issue 12

Arming PCPs to screen and intervene on behavioral health

November 5, 2019
Behavioral & Mental Health, Patient Safety, Policies and Procedures

Research shows many healthcare professionals unprepared for conducting screening and brief interventions

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