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New Sentinel Event categories focus on Post-Discharge Suicides

December 20, 2025

Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Behavioral & Mental Health

While suicide overall often has been in the top sentinel events, this breakdown includes two categories that split suicide events into those involving an inpatient and events involving a patient withi...

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Mobile stroke units quicken surgical treatment by 10 minutes

August 27, 2019

For stroke patients who undergo intra-arterial thrombectomy (IAT), mobile stroke units generate faster surgical treatment times compared to emergency medical service transport ...

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Q&A: ISMP President Discusses Medication Safety

August 27, 2019

Quality & Errors

Editor’s note: In this interview, Michael R. Cohen, RPH, MS, ScD (hon.), DPS (hon.), FASHP, founder and president of the Institute for Safe Medication Practices (ISMP), discusses the current state of ...

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FDA: Use duodenoscopes with disposable parts to prevent infections

December 20, 2025

Infection Control

To protect patients from infection, the FDA now recommends healthcare facilities transition to duodenoscopes with disposable parts. ...

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MGH Data Breach Affects 9,900 People

December 20, 2025

Environment and Facilities, Patient Safety, Policies and Procedures

Nearly 10,000 people are being notified by Massachusetts General Hospital that an unauthorized third-party had access to their personal information. ...

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Many Hospital ERs Lagging in ‘Pediatric Readiness’

December 20, 2025

Critically ill children brought to hospital EDs unprepared for pediatric emergencies are three times more likely to die than at hospitals well-equipped to care for them. ...

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What can we do about medical device security?

December 20, 2025

Environment and Facilities, Policies and Procedures, Quality & Errors

The risks range from exposing patients’ sensitive data to outright hijacking of devices, with potentially lethal consequences. ...

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Study: use of high-risk antibiotics leads to increase in C. difficile infections

December 20, 2025

Infection Control, Quality & Errors

The increased prevalence of hospital-associated C. difficile infections is thought to be tied to higher hospital-wide use of four classes of antibiotics ...

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Primary care docs face obstacles identifying, managing chronic kidney disease

December 20, 2025

Patient Safety, Policies and Procedures, Quality & Errors

The federal government’s efforts to reduce by 25% the number of people developing end-stage kidney disease in the next decade may be hobbled the lack of knowledge and support tools ...

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Joint Commission boosts antimicrobial stewardship, falls prevention programs

December 20, 2025

Quality & Errors, Accreditation & Survey Preparation

The Joint Commission is strengthening an antimicrobial stewardship program started three years ago, hoping to get medical centers and other ambulatory healthcare facilities to follow the lead of many ...

New Sentinel Event categories focus on Post-Discharge Suicides

Mobile stroke units quicken surgical treatment by 10 minutes

Q&A: ISMP President Discusses Medication Safety

FDA: Use duodenoscopes with disposable parts to prevent infections

MGH Data Breach Affects 9,900 People

Many Hospital ERs Lagging in ‘Pediatric Readiness’

What can we do about medical device security?

Study: use of high-risk antibiotics leads to increase in C. difficile infections

Primary care docs face obstacles identifying, managing chronic kidney disease

Joint Commission boosts antimicrobial stewardship, falls prevention programs

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