Case study: Virtual reality at Vanderbilt

August 10, 2020
Patient Safety Monitor Journal - Volume 21 Issue 9
Leadership & Finance, Policies and Procedures, Quality & Errors

How the academic medical center designed a virtual reality course for point-of-care ultrasound training

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How to update your restraint and seclusion policy

July 28, 2020
Patient Safety Monitor Journal - Volume 21 Issue 8
Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Leadership & Finance, Natural & Manmade Disasters, Patient Safety, Policies and Procedures, Workplace safety

Kevin Ann Huckshorn, PhD, MSN, RN, CADC, ICRC, a national behavioral health consultant with years of experience in hospital...Read More »

Physician shortage projected to worsen through 2033

July 28, 2020
Inside Accreditation & Quality - Volume 2 Issue 8
Leadership & Finance, Workplace safety

The projected shortage of physicians is worsening. Last year, the AAMC projected the shortfall of physicians at as many as 122,000 by 2032. The...Read More »

Q&A: Many hospitals still don’t have drug diversion programs

July 28, 2020
Inside Accreditation & Quality - Volume 2 Issue 8
Leadership & Finance, Patient Safety, Quality & Errors

The following Q&A resulted from a conversation PSQH had with Tom Knight, CEO of Georgia-based Invistics, a provider of...Read More »

A prescription for social determinants of health

July 21, 2020
Patient Safety Monitor Journal - Volume 21 Issue 8
Behavioral & Mental Health, Leadership & Finance, Patient Safety, Policies and Procedures, Quality & Errors

New programs support physicians in addressing these key drivers of health outcomes

It’s become more widely accepted that social...Read More »

New IHI Chief Executive: ‘There is No Quality Without Equity’

July 14, 2020
Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor - Volume 14 Issue 29
Leadership & Finance, Patient Safety, Quality & Errors, Infection Control

Equity is an underpinning consideration in efforts to improve U.S. healthcare, the new president and CEO of the ...Read More »

TJC releases new revisions, some effective immediately

July 14, 2020
Inside Accreditation & Quality - Volume 2 Issue 8
Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Leadership & Finance

In the last few months, The Joint Commission (TJC) has updated several of its hospital accreditation standards, but there are no real surprises,...Read More »

How NYC Health + Hospitals Trained 20K Staffers to Combat COVID-19

June 16, 2020
Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor - Volume 14 Issue 25
Leadership & Finance, Workplace safety, Infection Control

This spring, NYC H+H, with its 11 acute-care hospitals and three field hospitals established to handle patients infected with COVID-19, was at the...Read More »

Excerpt: Role of Leaders

June 9, 2020
Patient Safety Monitor Journal - Volume 21 Issue 7
Leadership & Finance, Patient Safety, Policies and Procedures

The following excerpt comes from of the HCPro book, Chapter Leader’s Guide to...Read More »

How to support the mental health of your healthcare workers

April 28, 2020
Inside Accreditation & Quality - Volume 2 Issue 5
Leadership & Finance, Workplace safety, Healthcare Staff, Infection Control

During the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, the mental health needs of healthcare workers should not be overlooked, a disaster...Read More »

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