Editor's Note: Click the PDF button above for a full edition of the December 2017 edition of Patient Safety Monitor Journal Patient handoffs: The gap where mistakes are made A patient handoff (also kn...

A patient handoff (also known as transitioning) is both the act of passing a patient between caregivers and the information exchanged between the sender (the provider giving away the patient) and the ...

Editor’s note: This article was written by Janet Spiegel, MS, a Lean-certified management consultant in Portland, Maine, who has advised and coached several payer and provider organizations. For...

Controversy flared this fall in Salt Lake City after police body camera footage of the July 26 arrest of University Hospital nurse Alex Wubbels went viral. Wubbels had refused a police request to draw...

Editor's Note: Click the PDF button above for a full edition of the November 2017 edition of Patient Safety Monitor Journal Harvey, Irma, and Maria: Questions hospitals need to answer before a hurrica...

Every facility wants to give the best possible care to every patient who walks through its doors, regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity. But wanting to help people isn't the same as help...

Review how clinicians and other staff interact with patients who have communication issues, such as deafness or limited English proficiency (LEP). Not only are communication issues receiving increased...

Want to save your bosses some money and improve patient safety? Improve your blood transfusion practices. A study published in the August 2017 issue of The Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Pati...

While the deadline to meet CMS's new emergency preparedness Conditions of Participation (CoP) is November 15, hurricanes this August and September have shown why these rules are needed in the first pl...

Editor's Note: Click the PDF button above for a full edition of the October 2017 edition of Patient Safety Monitor Journal How to prevent maternal mortality Maternal mortality is a measure of how many...