Accreditation & Patient Safety Roundup merger

Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor
August 6, 2019
Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Patient Safety

We sent the first of the combined IAQ and PSMJ roundups yesterday, August 5, with the subject line AQCC Roundup (IAQ and PSMJ)- August...Read More »

Trauma-informed care: Seeing through the patient’s eyes

Patient Safety Monitor Journal
August 6, 2019
Patient Safety, Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Workplace safety

Caregivers should tailor their processes to account for the stress and fear many victims of abuse and human trafficking feel when brought into the...Read More »

Leapfrog leader pushes for adoption of expanded medical error policy

Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor
August 6, 2019
Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Patient Safety, Quality & Errors

Leapfrog is promoting a nine-point Never Event Policy to help health systems and hospitals address catastrophic medical errors.Read More »

Patient Safety Monitor Journal, August 2019

Patient Safety Monitor Journal
August 5, 2019
Infection Control, Patient Safety, Quality & Errors

Subscribers, download this month's full PSMJ newsletterRead More »

Inside Accreditation and Quality, August 2019

Inside Accreditation & Quality
August 5, 2019
Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Infection Control, Patient Safety, Behavioral & Mental Health

Subscribers, download this month's full IAQ newsletter Read More »

How BJC HealthCare cut patient harm events 75% by targeting 5 factors

August 1, 2019
Patient Safety, Quality & Errors

In 2008, St. Louis-based BJC HealthCare launched a patient safety and quality improvement initiative that was designed to dramatically reduce...Read More »

Patient Handoffs: Stop Errors and Improve Compliance

July 30, 2019
Webinars
Environment and Facilities, Patient Safety, Quality & Errors

Stop medical errors, patient harm, and angry surveyors by fixing your patient handoff process. 

Speak Up™ on Patient Falls

Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor
July 30, 2019
Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Patient Safety, Quality & Errors

On July 24, The Joint Commission (TJC) released free materials as part of its ...Read More »

Eliminating the ‘weekend effect’ will improve maternal outcomes

Patient Safety Monitor Journal
July 30, 2019
Patient Safety, Quality & Errors

The last thing that should be on the mind of a woman going into labor is whether her weekend, holiday, or nighttime delivery is putting her and...Read More »

Get ready for the next flu season

Patient Safety Monitor Journal
July 30, 2019
Infection Control, Patient Safety

In the 2018–2019 season there were up to 43 million cases of the flu, resulting in about 20 million medical clinic visits, 647,000...Read More »

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