IHI Pushes Safety as a Primary Business Strategy

Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor
January 2, 2020
Leadership & Finance, Policies and Procedures, Quality & Errors

Hospital leaders must adopt safety and quality as primary...Read More »

Use digital dashboards to reduce wait times, improve patient experience

Inside Accreditation & Quality
December 23, 2019
Quality & Errors

Known in the industry as e-consultations, the telemedicine platforms help connect PCPs with specialists to help improve care management and care...Read More »

20 years after To Err Is Human

Patient Safety Monitor Journal
December 23, 2019
Patient Safety, Policies and Procedures, Quality & Errors

While no one would say that we’re close to that goal, a lot of progress has been made—progress that’s saved many lives.Read More »

IHI Looks to Expand ‘Age-Friendly’ Health Systems

Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor
December 17, 2019
Patient Safety, Policies and Procedures, Quality & Errors

The Institute for Healthcare Improvement...Read More »

Medical Malpractice Rate Dropped Over 10-Year Period

Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor
December 17, 2019
Patient Safety, Quality & Errors

When looking at the number of defendants per 100 physicians...Read More »

Five strategies to improve opioid use disorder care in hospitals

Patient Safety Monitor Journal
December 16, 2019
Patient Safety, Quality & Errors

A new report provides five system-level strategies with specific initiative examples for hospitals to improve prevention, identification, and...Read More »

Revisiting The Joint Commission’s drug diversion advice, resources amid growing opioid epidemic

Patient Safety Monitor Journal
December 16, 2019
Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Quality & Errors

10% of healthcare workers in the U.S. are abusing drugs of some sort.Read More »

Expect the next decade to focus on coping with new technology and old problems

Inside Accreditation & Quality
December 10, 2019
Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Natural & Manmade Disasters, Environment and Facilities, Infection Control, Leadership & Finance, Fire & Life Safety, Patient Safety, Policies and Procedures, Quality & Errors, Behavioral & Mental Health, Workplace safety

Healthcare compliance changed quite a bit in the last decade. For one thing, fire safety moved into the current millennium with the adoption of...Read More »

Review home health discharge planning changes to assess hospital impact

Inside Accreditation & Quality
December 10, 2019
Policies and Procedures, Quality & Errors, Accreditation & Survey Preparation

After four years, a proposed rule, and a deadline extension, CMS has finalized the conditions home health agencies must meet through the discharge...Read More »

Start Small to Create a Safety Culture

Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor
December 10, 2019
Leadership & Finance, Patient Safety, Quality & Errors

We started small. Just a few tests of change led us to establish a...Read More »

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