When patient harm leads to litigation, the warning signs are often already present in the record—or notably absent from it. Learn how early event...Read More »
Accreditation and quality leaders face mounting pressure from multiple directions, exposing weaknesses tied to higher stakes. What once resulted...Read More »
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For hospital accreditation and quality leaders, patient safety and quality improvement are often described as inseparable. In reality, they...Read More »
Hospitals must report adverse actions taken against the privileges of a physician or dentist to the National Practitioner Data Bank. Hospitals...Read More »
A systematic review found that preventable medication harm occurs in about 3% of patients across care settings, with more than a quarter of that...Read More »
When Henry Ford Health gathered teams for its annual Quality Expo and Symposium, recognition was only part of the story. For accreditation and...Read More »
Biological spills, from blood or bodily fluids to infectious agents, are an inevitable reality in medical laboratories. Many spills can be safely...Read More »
Most hospital labs are focused on schedules to check equipment calibration, yet staff behavior patterns at shift changes are what create the...Read More »
