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 ...
Although observations showed a 90% hand hygiene compliance across the health system where he is director of quality, Bill Cox, RN, CPPS, CPHQ, was skeptical. “I would say, ‘How are we at 90% when I see many gaps across the 15 hospitals?’ ” he says. Cox decided to trial a cloud-based electronic...
I believe that we’ll be able to wrap up the emergency management stuff next week—though I have one or two ideas percolating that I might move to the front of the queue,...
CMS pre-published an interim final rule today that sets COVID-19 vaccine requirements for long-term care (LTC) facilities, and is seeking comment to expand the rules to other types of providers.
As the public health emergency (PHE) winds down, resist the urge to return to the way you did things before the COVID-19 pandemic, especially in your outlying clinics and ambulatory care sites.
Identify the creative solutions to workflow, hand hygiene, and personal protective equipment (...
The introduction of genomics was a significant advance in the battle against cancer. The ability to understand how specific genes predict the likelihood of acquiring cancer or the success of a particular therapy added a new degree of precision and reliability to diagnosis and treatment.
The hazard communication standard (29 CFR 1910.1200)—sometimes referred to as the HazCom standard or “worker right-to-know”—remains one of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (OSHA) most frequently cited standards.
It is imperative for healthcare organizations to address physician burnout, the chief medical officer of a Dallas-based clinically integrated network says.
Burnout is one of the top challenges facing physician and other healthcare workers nationwide. A ...
It would seem that while the rest of the world has been busy responding to a pandemic, the folks behind the scenes have been working on identifying the lessons learned...
