After surviving a global pandemic, will healthcare organizations double down on high reliability principles, or will they decide the costs of becoming a high reliability organization (HRO) exceed the benefits?
Vikki Choate, MSN, RN, NEA-BC, CPHQ, a healthcare consultant...
Back in 2015, Ashley Weiss, DO, MPH, an assistant professor of clinical psychiatry at Tulane University School of Medicine, together with Serena Chaudhry, LCSW, MPH, a clinical social worker affiliated with Tulane University School of Medicine’s Department of...
In case you missed it, here’s a roundup of breaking news from the Accreditation & Quality Compliance Center since Inside Accreditation & Quality was last published.
Sometimes as you get ready for survey, you just need a review of the basics. In the following excerpt from HCPro’s Survey Coordinator’s Handbook, 21st Edition, we offer you an introduction to the concept of criticality. (To learn more about the book, by author Jodi Eisenberg, MHA,...
Even before the COVID-19 pandemic began, critical care nurses (CCN) were experiencing alarmingly high levels of stress, anxiety, depression, and poor physical health—factors that correlated with an increase in self-reported medical errors, according to a new study by The Ohio State University...
“We know from that survey last spring that only 13% of physicians sought medical attention for mental health problems, but 30% of them cited feelings of hopelessness or having no purpose and 50% reported having inappropriate emotions. In addition, 8% of physicians reported having thoughts of...
Many studies have shown the benefits of certain medications for improving long-term outcomes in patients with chronic conditions. However, even when evidence-based recommendations are closely followed, there is a potential for adverse consequences because of the concurrent use of multiple...
