Patient Safety

When I was first accepted into my graduate program for healthcare administration, I remember scanning the ...Read More »

In July 2008, a diabetic patient at Methodist LeBonheur Germantown (TN) Hospital looked down at his plate of concentrated sweets.Read More »

Healthcare providers face a number of difficult challenges in the year ahead, only one of which is to improve patient care...Read More »

Healthcare providers face a number of difficult challenges in the year ahead, only one of which is to improve patient care...Read More »

Are you questioning your readiness for the recently approved Joint Commission patient-provider communication standards? Although these standards...Read More »

Improving nursing-sensitive indicators (NSI) or organizational indicators with a nursing component requires participation of direct-care bedside...Read More »

Inside:

• Better teams, better checklists, better care
• Critical to your QI efforts: Engaging busy bedside nurses
• New
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Q. Can you give an update on Universal Protocol^™? What is currently expected of us?Read More »

As cliché as it might sound, the start of a new year brings a new opportunity to pause and plan for the 12 months ahead. Even though many of us...Read More »

Case studies

California hospital develops electronic med rec application. March, p. 8.

Capturing pharmacy interventions as...Read More »