TJC: Abuse and human trafficking patients

Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor
July 16, 2019
Patient Safety, Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Workplace safety

TJC posted two blog items this July, one on providing trauma informed care to patients who’ve been abused and the other on identifying human...Read More »

Have readmissions penalties jumped the shark?

Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor
July 9, 2019
Patient Safety, Quality & Errors, Accreditation & Survey Preparation

Findings have led researchers to suggested that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services may no longer be able to squeeze any significant...Read More »

Mold found in Seattle Hospital ORs leads to one death, 5 infections

Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor
July 9, 2019
Infection Control, Patient Safety, Accreditation & Survey Preparation

Seattle Children’s hospital said this week one patient died...Read More »

The growing threat of tick bites and Lyme disease

Patient Safety Monitor Journal
July 2, 2019
Infection Control, Patient Safety, Quality & Errors

Reported cases of Lyme disease have tripled since the late 1990s as the tick population has swelledRead More »

Patient Safety Monitor Journal, July 2019

Patient Safety Monitor Journal
July 1, 2019
Infection Control, Patient Safety, Behavioral & Mental Health, Workplace safety

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

Inside Accreditation and Quality, July 2019

Inside Accreditation & Quality
July 1, 2019
Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Leadership & Finance, Patient Safety, Behavioral & Mental Health

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

Annual industry survey: Dealing with staff burnout

Inside Accreditation & Quality
June 25, 2019
Patient Safety, Policies and Procedures, Healthcare Staff, Quality & Errors

As healthcare organizations become more cognizant of the need to provide support for their staff, the...Read More »

Illinois passes workplace violence law

Patient Safety Monitor Journal
June 25, 2019
Patient Safety, Policies and Procedures, Workplace safety

In a sweeping act of legislation that may affect the future of healthcare safety, late last year the state of Illinois passed a workplace violence...Read More »

Suicide risk NPSG clarified, takes effect July

Patient Safety Monitor Journal
June 25, 2019
Behavioral & Mental Health, Patient Safety, Accreditation & Survey Preparation

Updates include risk factors to ask about and protective actions to takeRead More »

California Nurse-to-Patient Ratio Chart

June 25, 2019
Tools
Leadership & Finance, Patient Safety

California is the only state that has set minimum nurse-to-patient ratios. The law took effect back in 2004 and was put into California’s Title 22. The minimum number of nurses varies depending on the type of...

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