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CMS takes steps to improve access to behavioral health services

January 16, 2024

Patient Safety

Read this Q&A to learn about new CMS policies that are aimed at improving patients' access to behavioral health services. ...

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Workforce planning’s role in patient safety: Part 2

January 09, 2024

Patient Safety

It’s not enough to have a good thing in healthcare—you’ve also got to keep it going. This applies to workforce planning as well explains, Patricia A. McGaffigan, RN, MS, CPPS, a vice president of th...

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Workforce planning’s role in patient safety: Part 1

January 02, 2024

Patient Safety, Workplace safety

While artificial intelligence might be headline news, healthcare and medicine will remain the domain of human caregivers for a long time to come. Doctors to diagnose illnesses, nurses to care for pati...

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Hospitals without safe patient handling and mobility programs don’t know what they are missing

December 19, 2023

Patient Safety, Healthcare Staff

Safe patient handling and mobility programs (SPHM) help reduce injuries to both patients and staff throughout long-term care facilities, acute care facilities, home healthcare, and other high-risk are...

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Q&A: Generative AI risks and opportunities in healthcare quality improvement: Part 2

December 11, 2023

Cybersecurity & Technology, Patient Safety

This is Part Two of our interview with Jeffrey Rakover, MPP, a director of innovation and design at the Institute of Healthcare Improvement (IHI) and Marina Renton, MPhil, a senior research associate ...

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Closing the gosh-darn door during surgery

November 06, 2023

Infection Control

When operating on a patient, minimizing infection risks and eliminating harmful distractions are crucial to their safety—which is why excessive door openings can be a real problem, says Brad Truax, MD...

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What to know about the CDC’s hospital sepsis program core elements

December 18, 2025

Infection Control

If your facility doesn’t already have a sepsis program or wants to revamp its existing program, the release of the CDC’s new hospital sepsis program core elements marks a good place to start. Released...

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A quick hand hygiene refresher: Protect yourself from bloodborne pathogens

October 23, 2023

Infection Control, Patient Safety, Policies and Procedures, Workplace safety

Though they can’t be seen, there are hundreds of tiny organisms living in blood and other body fluids that can cause disease in humans. These are called “bloodborne pathogens.” Some of these organisms...

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Avoid technology upgrade pitfalls with careful implementation

October 30, 2023

Cybersecurity & Technology, Patient Safety

Hospitals are increasingly adopting technologies that improve efficiency and make life easier for case managers—at least in theory. ...

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How hospitals can prepare for respiratory disease season

November 20, 2023

Infection Control, Patient Safety, Workplace safety

In its Respiratory Disease Season Outlook, the CDC expects the 2023-2024 season will look similar to last year. Last year’s hospitalizations were higher than experienced before the COVID-19 pandemic, ...

CMS takes steps to improve access to behavioral health services

Workforce planning’s role in patient safety: Part 2

Workforce planning’s role in patient safety: Part 1

Hospitals without safe patient handling and mobility programs don’t know what they are missing

Q&A: Generative AI risks and opportunities in healthcare quality improvement: Part 2

Closing the gosh-darn door during surgery

What to know about the CDC’s hospital sepsis program core elements

A quick hand hygiene refresher: Protect yourself from bloodborne pathogens

Avoid technology upgrade pitfalls with careful implementation

How hospitals can prepare for respiratory disease season

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