Articles

Patient Safety Monitor Journal - Volume 16, Issue 7

Proposed IPPS 2016 rule hones in on reimbursement for quality care

July 1, 2015
Quality & Errors

Rule furthers CMS's plan to transition from fee-for-service payments to value-based purchasing by focusing on quality care

Patient Safety Monitor Journal - Volume 16, Issue 7

Olympus feels the heat on duodenoscope reprocessing

July 1, 2015
Infection Control

In the months following the carbapenem-resistant enterobacteriaceae outbreak linked to duodenoscopes, medical device manufacturer Olympus has repeatedly come under fire for its response to the outbreak.

Patient Safety Monitor Journal - Volume 16, Issue 6

What do the TUG robots do?

June 1, 2015
Patient Safety

Two San Francisco hospitals share their experiences with a fleet of robots that ­collect trash, deliver food, and pick up drugs and lab samples

Patient Safety Monitor Journal - Volume 16, Issue 6

How do nurses interact with medical devices?

June 1, 2015
Patient Safety

Hospital rooms contain an increasing number of medical devices that don't talk to one another, which some say is a growing patient safety problem

Patient Safety Monitor Journal - Volume 16, Issue 6

Reducing patient falls: Two healthcare systems, two different approaches

June 1, 2015
Patient Safety

As patient falls continue to plague healthcare facilities of all shapes and sizes, health systems in Georgia and Nebraska share their success stories

Patient Safety Monitor Journal - Volume 16, Issue 6

Social media plays a role in quality care, even if you don't know it

June 1, 2015
Quality & Errors

Mass General researchers reveal the importance of social media presence and its impact on quality care and patient safety initiatives

Patient Safety Monitor Journal - Volume 16, Issue 6

AHRQ: Quality care made progress in 2014, but disparities still exist

June 1, 2015
Quality & Errors

The 2014 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities report, released by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality in April, found that access to and quality of healthcare have improved over the last several years, but that poor households generally experience less access and lower...

Patient Safety Monitor Journal - Volume 16, Issue 5

Southern California CRE outbreaks raise ­questions about scope reprocessing

May 1, 2015
Infection Control

Recent carbapenem-resistant enterobacteriaceae (CRE) outbreaks at two Los Angeles hospitals have raised serious questions regarding reprocessing procedures tied to duodenoscopes and the risks patients face during endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) procedures.

Patient Safety Monitor Journal - Volume 16, Issue 5

What The Joint ­Commission says about opioids and ­respiratory compromise

May 1, 2015
Accreditation & Survey Preparation

In February, representatives from pulmonary medicine and patient safety organizations gathered with respiratory medicine thought leaders in a roundtable discussion hosted by the National Association for Medical Direction of Respiratory Care. Their main objective: Identify ways to recognize...

Patient Safety Monitor Journal - Volume 16, Issue 5

In Minnesota, adverse event improvement goes beyond statistics

May 1, 2015
Quality & Errors

Although patient safety data has played a larger role in dictating hospital and state initiatives, sometimes statistics are only one piece of the puzzle.

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