Patient Safety

It was a simple mistake she's still ashamed she made, but luckily when Elizabeth Butler, BA, a fourth-year medical student at the...Read More »

Q: During our recent survey, the surveyor cited three instances where the preprocedure H&P was missing elements based on the medical...Read More »

The Joint Commission Center for Transforming Healthcare released a new Hand-off Communications Targeted Solutions Tool™ (TST) to help health...Read More »

You can have the best policies and procedures in the world, but if communication and understanding by those who need to know is not available,...Read More »

There are two objectives healthcare professionals know well: avoid patient harm, and pass Joint Commission and CMS survey and...Read More »

In today's world of healthcare, hospitals have to measure nearly everything related to quality and patient safety. There are lots...Read More »

In today's world of healthcare, hospitals have to measure nearly everything related to quality and patient safety. There are lots...Read More »

Have you encountered situations in your professional life where conflict arose because of ego?Read More »

High-touch surface areas remain a constant concern for infection preventionists (IP). Regular and terminal cleaning can only be...Read More »

The best way to mass vaccinate the general public during flu season is to make flu shots as accessible as possible, and access...Read More »