I suspect that, amongst all the other things that have been pounding on the metaphorical rooftops, you saw the updated guidance from OSHA relating to the Emergency...
PTSD occurs after a person experiences or witnesses a highly stressful or upsetting event. Patients can also develop PTSD secondhand, from close contact with people who’ve also undergone the trauma. That’s particularly true for healthcare providers, who often find themselves working in the...
Take another look at your workplace violence prevention (WVP) policies and procedures now that The Joint Commission (TJC) has formally published new and...
Peter Pronovost, MD, PhD, is the chief quality and clinical transformation officer at University Hospitals. The critical care physician has a global reputation as a patient safety champion, including life-saving work developing checklists to reduce central line–associated...
When it comes to the management of workplace violence considerations, I think we all have experienced the many, many ways in which these risks can manifest themselves in...
OSHA will take comments until August 20 on an emergency temporary standard to set COVID-19 worker protection requirements that the federal agency is considering making permanent.
With the (presumed) onset of regulatory surveys including a more thorough review of survey results past, I would imagine that everyone out there in the listening/reading...
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