The Joint Commission has updated its website with its latest sentinel event statistics....

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Did you notice a significant change in the Universal Protocol™ (UP) recently? No? We’re not surprised. Most of us missed the fact that The Joint Commission removed the UP FAQs from its web...

Sometimes it’s all about the marketing. Take flu shots, for instance. How do you best ensure that you reach the optimal percentage of staff? How about an attention-grabbing catchphrase? At Peni...

Inside: Flu prevention: Methods to reach staff, community Revisiting the Universal Protocol for simple, one-person procedures Ensuring compliance at your organization Continued discus...

If you stay around long enough in this field, the issues just cycle back. This year in the annual Joint Commission Executive Briefings, the issue of standing orders once again was raised. MM.04.04.01,...

Do you or your leadership team know how many quality improvement (QI) and performance improvement (PI) teams your organization currently has? Does your frontline staff know the organization’s st...

Inside: Capturing pharmacy interventions as near misses Prevent QI from stretching your resources too thin When is your hospital at risk for patient harm? What should hospitals focus ...

How quickly can you call up data on your nurses’ training and skill sets? Midland (TX) Memorial Hospital recently changed its process for tracking online training and demonstrated proficiencies...

Q. What should hospitals be focusing on in 2011?...