Articles

Medical Environment Update - Volume 32, Issue 5

Six strategies to strengthen post-COVID infection prevention

May 17, 2022
Infection Control

The COVID-19 pandemic has changed a great many things for healthcare, but it may have a particularly lasting impact on infection prevention programs. As the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology commented in a statement, “The pandemic has highlighted the need to strengthen infection prevention and...

Healthcare Life Safety Compliance - Volume 25, Issue 5

Hot topics for facility directors, staying on top of document management, more

May 17, 2022
Environment and Facilities, Physical environment

Lance Woolf, MBA, CHSP, former life safety surveyor for The Joint Commission, knows what’s top of mind for those charged with healthcare facilities management. Woolf currently is the director of life safety compliance at facilities compliance solutions provider Soleran, located...

Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor

RaDonda Vaught sentenced to 3-year probation for medication error death

May 17, 2022
Health Equity, Quality & Errors

RaDonda Vaught, the former Vanderbilt University Medical Center nurse who accidentally gave a patient a fatal dose of the wrong medicine, was sentenced to three years of supervised probation with no jail time. In March, Vaught was convicted of criminally negligent homicide and gross neglect of...

Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor

Quarter of physicians report experiencing mistreatment at work

May 17, 2022
Health Equity, Workplace safety

A survey of physicians found that a significant proportion of the clinicians had experienced mistreatment in the prior year, with patients and visitors the most common source of abuse, a new research article says.

Mistreatment of healthcare staff including workplace violence has become a...

Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor

Leapfrog Group: 33% of U.S. hospitals earn “A” grade for patient safety

May 17, 2022
Patient Safety, Quality & Errors

The Leapfrog Group conducted an analysis of 2,844 U.S. hospitals, and one-third of the facilities earned an “A” grade for patient safety.

Patient safety has been a pressing issue in healthcare since 1999, with the publication of the landmark report To Err Is Human: Building a Safer...

Inside Accreditation & Quality - Volume 4, Issue 5

PHE renewed, but signs show it may be close to ending

May 17, 2022
Accreditation & Survey Preparation

The Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) extended the COVID-19 public health emergency (PHE) another 90 days, but there are indications it might not last much longer.

Healthcare Safety Leader - Volume 30, Issue 5

HHS' ASPR TRACIE creates resource page for ‘countries experiencing conflict’

May 17, 2022
Natural & Manmade Disasters, Environment and Facilities

In recognition that armed conflicts can have a wide-ranging impact, the HHS Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response’s Technical Resources, Assistance Center, and Information Exchange (ASPR TRACIE) has put together a list of resources for such things as preparing for traumatic injuries...

Mac's Safety Space - Volume 16, Issue 5

Flatten the curve – stop the spread!

May 16, 2022
Accreditation & Survey Preparation
By Steve MacArthur, Hospital Safety Consultant

This week, our friends from Chicagoland unveiled the Top 5 Most Challenging Requirements for the usual run of accredited healthcare programs: ...

Patient Safety Monitor Journal - Volume 23, Issue 5

Is it time for a National Patient Safety Board?

May 10, 2022
Patient Safety, Quality & Errors

One proposal to improve care quality at the national level is the creation of a National Patient Safety Board, which would gather best practices, research and analyze errors, and put out education materials on harm events.

Patient Safety Monitor Journal spoke with David B...

Medical Environment Update - Volume 32, Issue 5

Q&A: Memory loss and medication management

May 10, 2022
Behavioral & Mental Health, Quality & Errors

For many people, forgetting a daily dose of an ADHD, allergy, or other drug might be disruptive but not life threatening. However, for millions of Americans, taking the right medicine at the right time—for diabetes, heart disease, or seizures—can be a matter of life and death. For patients...

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