Patient Safety Monitor Journal - Volume 13, Issue 2

Patient Safety Monitor Journal, February 2011

February 1, 2012
Patient Safety

Policies and procedures are the backbone of the hospital and provide the aim and direction of hospital operations.

Patient Safety Monitor Journal - Volume 13, Issue 1

Patient Safety Monitor Journal, January 2011

January 1, 2012
Patient Safety

As the fourth leading cause of death in the United States, medical errors just don't seem to be going away. Many healthcare professionals agree that reporting such errors is the only way to learn from them and prevent them in the future. But although most medical centers have...

Briefings on Accreditation & Quality - Volume 23, Issue 1

Northwestern targets irregular airways to improve patient safety

January 1, 2012
Patient Safety

After reading this article, you will be able to:

  • Discuss how new technology creates new challenges for staff
  • Identify methods for obtaining buy-in from staff for ­updated processes
    • ...
Patient Safety Monitor Journal - Volume 13, Issue 1

Understanding HIT nationally and on the local front lines

January 1, 2012
Patient Safety
Understanding HIT nationally and on the local front lines

In the past couple of months, there have been numerous publications around health information technology (HIT) and patient safety. In November 2011, the Institute of Medicine (IOM) released its report, Health IT...

Patient Safety Monitor Journal - Volume 13, Issue 1

Patient Safety Monitor Journal 2011 index

January 1, 2012
Patient Safety

Patient Safety Monitor Journal 2011 index

Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor

AHAP Staff Challenge: Record of care

December 20, 2011
Patient Safety

Which of the following would be considered a medical record history?

Patient Safety Monitor Journal - Volume 12, Issue 12

Keeping obese patients safe through surgery

December 1, 2011
Patient Safety

The U.S. population is growing in size. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that about one-third of the nation's adults are obese, and many of them become patients at U.S. hospitals, in need of surgeries of varying kinds.

Patient Safety Monitor Journal - Volume 12, Issue 12

Forming a new field of patient safety in the face of healthcare reform

December 1, 2011
Patient Safety

Patient Safety Monitor Journal - Volume 12, Issue 12

Patient Safety Monitor Journal, December 2011

December 1, 2011
Patient Safety

The Affordable Care Act required the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to develop a National Quality Strategy that would make care safe, effective, and affordable.

Patient Safety Monitor Journal - Volume 12, Issue 12

Social media: Patient friend or foe?

December 1, 2011
Patient Safety

By now, HIPAA is well known to the healthcare community. Hospital staff and physicians have long been practicing a strict standard of patient privacy.

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