Patient Safety

Q: Where can I find requirements on patient-centered communication? Read More »

We hear it time and time again in healthcare: It's all about communication. This is particularly important and complex in the area of patient...Read More »

Conducting a timeout, including the use of a checklist, before beginning a surgery is a well-known requirement of The Joint...Read More »

Test staff members' knowledge of healthcare-associated infections with the following questions. Answers are on p. 12.Read More »

Conducting a timeout, including the use of a checklist, before beginning a surgery is a well-known requirement of The Joint...Read More »

A recent study from Truven Health Analytics found that 71% of ED visits made by patients with employer-sponsored insurance coverage are for non-...Read More »

At Baylor Health Care System, many nurses do more to develop professionally than simply attend continuing education meetings and classes,...Read More »

In 2011, the 311-bed Lucile Packard Children's ­Hospital in Palo Alto, Calif., was beginning to use its ­Packard Quality...Read More »

Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) recently developed a protocol to use a Web-based standardized clinical encounter to...Read More »

The Joint Commission has proposed a new National Patient Safety Goal (NPSG) for 2014 related to the management of alarms. Field...Read More »