For the good of providers and patients, behavioral healthcare facilities need to prioritize good customer service, says Kevin Ann Huckshorn, PhD, MSN, RN, ICADC, a licensed and certified mental health nurse and substance abuse clinician with more than three decades of experience...
Now that all is (presumably) moving towards whatever normalcy is going to be within our grasp, I wanted to loop back on what could be a critical process as we start to build into the future: The preconstruction risk assessment (PCRA) process.
An familiar and unpleasant virus reared its head last week at the Oakland County Fair in Michigan, where several pigs tested positive for influenza A virus, the causative agent of swine flu.
Jeff Salvon-Harman, MD, CPE, CPPS, vice president at the Institute for Healthcare Improvement, spoke with PSMJ about how to create a team-based care model that works best for your hospital, clinic, or laboratory.
Biorisk and biosecurity management protects lab workers and the communities they work in from the unintended, or intended, release of biological agents. The importance of this cannot be overstated, given the unknowns clinical lab workers face when testing patient samples and other materials.
Get your respiratory protection program up to date and make sure it’s written and enforced, because OSHA inspectors are pressing to put those violations in a category that could mean a penalty of up to $156,259 per violation.
