New substance abuse partnership aims to reduce unnecessary 911 transports

August 23, 2022
Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor - Volume 16 Issue 34
Natural & Manmade Disasters, Patient Safety, Health Equity, Quality & Errors

Bicycle Health, a San Francisco-based provider of virtual opioid addiction treatments, in joining forces with Tele911 to develop a platform that...Read More »

Buy a rural hospital for $100? Investors pick up struggling institutions for pennies

August 16, 2022
Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor - Volume 16 Issue 33
Patient Safety, Quality & Errors, Health Equity

ERIN, Tenn. — Kyle Kopec gets a kick out of leading tours through the run-down hospitals his boss is buying, pointing out what he calls relics of...Read More »

AMA survey cites patient concerns with data security

August 2, 2022
Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor - Volume 16 Issue 31
Cybersecurity & Technology, Patient Safety, Policies and Procedures, Health Equity

More than 92% of patients say privacy is a right and their health data should not be available for purchase, the survey finds.

Savvy...Read More »

Profile: Margarette Osias, patient navigator

July 26, 2022
Patient Safety Monitor Journal - Volume 23 Issue 7
Patient Safety, Health Equity

Margarette Osias is a PN and certified translator for the Delaware Breast Cancer Coalition...Read More »

Crafting an effective health message, Part 1: Applying lessons learned from HIV prevention

July 19, 2022
Medical Environment Update - Volume 32 Issue 7
Leadership & Finance, Patient Safety, Health Equity, Quality & Errors

It’s the 21st century, and the importance of communication cannot be understated. Crafting an effective message is key for so many...Read More »

Crafting an effective health message, Part 2: The don’ts of healthcare messaging

June 14, 2022
Patient Safety Monitor Journal - Volume 23 Issue 6
Patient Safety, Health Equity

Last week we went over advice on how to craft a healthcare or policy message—one meant to alert people to the dangers of a certain disease and...Read More »

Health system and hospital peer network tackles health equity

June 14, 2022
Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor - Volume 16 Issue 24
Patient Safety, Health Equity

A health equity initiative launched by the American Medical Association, Brigham & Women’s Hospital, and The Joint Commission is designed to...Read More »

Stress on top of stress: Tips for managing PTSD for healthcare providers

May 31, 2022
Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor - Volume 16 Issue 22
Health Equity, Workplace safety

Events such as the May 14 grocery story shooting in Buffalo, New York, and the May 24 school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, can be triggering for...Read More »

Q&A: What the Vaught case means for healthcare

May 24, 2022
Patient Safety Monitor Journal - Volume 23 Issue 5
Behavioral & Mental Health, Health Equity, Workplace safety, Quality & Errors

Patient Safety Monitor Journal spoke with Kurt Patton, MS, RPh, pharmacist, founder of Patton Healthcare Consulting, and...Read More »

Psychological damage: IHI on criminalization of medical error

May 17, 2022
Patient Safety Monitor Journal - Volume 23 Issue 5
Health Equity, Quality & Errors

Update: ...Read More »

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