Even those of you who know most of my back story might not necessarily have made the connection (there are certainly ample clues on LinkedIn), but my first 20-plus years in healthcare were spent working at an acute care hospital in Brockton, Massachusetts—recently the scene of a fairly...
How does your medical staff team handle a situation in which a physician with documented red flags resigns during an investigation or prior to an investigation?
Wespoke with Steve MacArthur, a safety consultant with Chartis Clinical Quality Solutions, about a healthcare facility’s safety obligations toward its contracted workers. This Q&A has been lightly edited for clarity.
EHR deployment is not a one-time effort but a continuous process that needs to reflect changes in industry trends and care provision methods. Providers must review, update, and optimize their systems to ensure their efficiency over time. Here’s a step-by-step plan covering all critical aspects...
Emergency medicine residents who experience workplace mistreatment are more likely to be burned out than residents who do not experience workplace mistreatment, according to a new ...
Infection prevention and control is fundamental to providing safe and high-quality patient care. A poor infection control program can result in increased rates of infections, significant illness, and death, and raise the likelihood of multidrug-resistant bacteria.
Surveyors tend to focus on what is new to the mix, which means you should have completed the first go-round of the workplace analysis relative to the management of workplace violence risks in your organization.
Review fire and evacuation drills to ensure you can get all patients and visitors out without injury or death, just as a Massachusetts hospital did on Tuesday, February 7, after a transformer caught fire in the basement of a connecting building.
