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Patient Safety Monitor Journal - Volume 16, Issue 9

Patient satisfaction and quality care: Evaluating a contentious partnership

September 1, 2015
Quality & Errors

Some hospitals wonder if patient satisfaction efforts distract from quality concerns

Patient Safety Monitor Journal - Volume 16, Issue 9

Study: SSI bundle lowers the risk of infections for joint and cardiac surgeries

September 1, 2015
Environment and Facilities

Surgical bundles have become commonplace in the healthcare industry, particularly to help stave off dangerous infections. A recent study looking specifically at cardiac procedures and joint replacement procedures shows that a previously untested surgical site infection (SSI) bundle can offer...

Patient Safety Monitor Journal - Volume 16, Issue 9

Surgeon scorecard weighs complication rates of individual practitioners

September 1, 2015
Quality & Errors

Those advocating for more transparency in healthcare will be pleased with the Surgeon Scorecard, released by the investigative journalism organization, ProPublica. Many surgeons, however, are not.

Patient Safety Monitor Journal - Volume 16, Issue 8

Four classes of RSIs

August 1, 2015
Patient Safety

Although sponges continue to be the most detrimental, small miscellaneous items are an emerging concern as reporting improves

Patient Safety Monitor Journal - Volume 16, Issue 8

Leapfrog grades reveal disparities in quality care across state lines

August 1, 2015
Quality & Errors

Quality improvement requires strength in numbers. At least that's what hospitals in Maryland and Pennsylvania are finding as recent reports show that collaboration among local hospitals can lead to impressive patient safety improvements.

Patient Safety Monitor Journal - Volume 16, Issue 8

Researchers find multiple human factors pervasive in never events

August 1, 2015
Quality & Errors

A new study finds that approximately four to nine human factors contribute to each never event.

Patient Safety Monitor Journal - Volume 16, Issue 8

Food and health stakeholders discuss antibiotic resistance at the White House

August 1, 2015
Patient Safety

In early June, representatives from farming and healthcare convened at the White House to discuss a common thread that links the two industries: antibiotic resistance.

Patient Safety Monitor Journal - Volume 16, Issue 7

California legislation makes antimicrobial stewardship a priority

July 1, 2015
Infection Control

As the rest of the nation shifts its focus toward antibiotic stewardship, California leads the charge with an updated law

Patient Safety Monitor Journal - Volume 16, Issue 7

Alarm safety tops patient safety list, but medication errors are still a focal point

July 1, 2015
Patient Safety

ECRI's 2015 list of top patient safety concerns offers some familiar foes along with some timely topics like workplace violence and scope reprocessing

Patient Safety Monitor Journal - Volume 16, Issue 7

Real-time feedback and monetary rewards pull physicians into quality care

July 1, 2015
Quality & Errors

A study published in the April edition of the Journal of Hospital Medicine combines the principles of real-time feedback and financial incentives to get frontline buy-in for quality improvement initiatives.

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