CDC clarifies opioid prescribing guidelines

April 16, 2019
Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor - Volume 13 Issue 16
Patient Safety, Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Quality & Errors

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ER doctor: Protect your staff from workplace violence

April 1, 2019
Patient Safety Monitor Journal - Volume 20 Issue 4
Patient Safety, Policies and Procedures, Workplace safety

Amy Costigan, MD, wants to be able to practice emergency medicine without being punched in the face.Read More »

PSMF takes aim at postoperative delirium in elders

April 1, 2019
Patient Safety Monitor Journal - Volume 20 Issue 4
Patient Safety, Quality & Errors

“Surprisingly, the alien abductees have a support group, but our delirium patients don’t,” Pandharipande says.Read More »

Patient Safety Monitor Journal, April 2019

April 1, 2019
Patient Safety Monitor Journal - Volume 20 Issue 4
Patient Safety

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Four steps to improve your hospital quality and safety rankings

April 1, 2019
Briefings on Accreditation & Quality - Volume 30 Issue 4
Patient Safety, Quality & Errors

Nearly two decades after the Institute of Medicine published its groundbreaking healthcare safety report To Err Is Human, medical errors remain a...Read More »

Preventing Violence in the ED: Designing an Effective Violence Prevention Program - On-Demand

March 12, 2019
Natural & Manmade Disasters, Patient Safety, Quality & Errors

Presented by:
Lisa Pryse Terry, CHPA, CPP
Tony York, CPP, CHPA, MBA

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Briefings on Hospital Safety: ...

Examine your dialysis space to ensure room to separate infectious patients

March 1, 2019
Patient Safety Monitor Journal - Volume 20 Issue 3
Infection Control, Patient Safety, Accreditation & Survey Preparation

Hemodialysis is one of four areas The Joint Commission (TJC) says it’s ...Read More »

Suicide Prevention National Patient Safety Goal updated

March 1, 2019
Patient Safety Monitor Journal - Volume 20 Issue 3
Patient Safety, Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Behavioral & Mental Health

The Joint Commission (TJC) announced revisions to its suicide prevention National Patient Safety Goal (NPSG) November 27. NPSG 15.01.01 now has...Read More »

Sharp HealthCare: Before the plane crash

March 1, 2019
Patient Safety Monitor Journal - Volume 20 Issue 3
Natural & Manmade Disasters, Patient Safety

In January 2009, all eyes were on the Hudson River when a plane flying out of New York’s LaGuardia Airport crash-landed in the river after...Read More »

Patient Safety Monitor Journal, March 2019

March 1, 2019
Patient Safety Monitor Journal - Volume 20 Issue 3
Patient Safety

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