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Patient Safety Monitor Journal

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Everyday answers and solutions based on premature conclusions

February 12, 2026

Leadership & Finance, Policies and Procedures, Quality & Errors

Today’s healthcare system is hallmarked by complexity. The configuration of day-to-day healthcare practice varies considerably, depending on the type and level of care administered. Anyone familiar en...

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Patient Safety Awareness Week resources from PSQH

February 12, 2026

Leadership & Finance, Patient Safety, Quality & Errors

Patient Safety Awareness Week (PSAW) is coming to a close, but the focus on patient safety and healthcare quality will continue on as always. Thanks to all the dedicated professionals who work in heal...

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10 steps to becoming a high-reliability hospital from Truman Medical Center

March 16, 2021

Leadership & Finance, Patient Safety, Quality & Errors

By the end of the study, Truman reported that its patient outcomes had improved, low-harm errors were being reported more often, and that quality improvement education had become self-sustaining withi...

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How Truman became a high reliability hospital: The three-year program to build a safety culture

February 12, 2026

Leadership & Finance, Patient Safety, Quality & Errors

What does it take to turn an already well-performing hospital into a high reliability organization (HRO)? In 2016, the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) decided to undertake a three-year project to...

Patient Safety Monitor Journal

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Physician burnout reaches new heights during COVID-19 pandemic

February 12, 2026

Leadership & Finance, Workplace safety, Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Healthcare Staff, Infection Control

If there is one lesson to be taken from 2020, it’s that waiting until a problem evolves into a crisis is an exceedingly bad idea. While the world still deals with the effect of COVID-19, there are man...

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How to run an emergency department social medicine team

February 12, 2026

Behavioral & Mental Health, Leadership & Finance

Treating patients with behavioral health issues such as substance abuse and social challenges such as homelessness pose several difficulties in emergency departments. For example, ED clinicians are un...

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Use these lists to organize and prepare for HR review

February 12, 2026

Leadership & Finance, Policies and Procedures, Accreditation & Survey Preparation

Having your documentation organized for survey is always a challenge, but especially so when dealing with HR requirements and personnel files. Remember that as of January 1, 2021, The Joint Commission...

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COVID ambassadors help thousands of patients talk with their families during isolation

February 12, 2026

Behavioral & Mental Health, Leadership & Finance, Patient Safety, Cybersecurity & Technology, Infection Control

Staff who otherwise would have been furloughed were instead trained on COVID-19 safety and virtual communication programs. Their job was to set up and facilitate virtual visits between patients and th...

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Cultural care delivery: The gateway to promoting greater health equity

February 12, 2026

Behavioral & Mental Health, Leadership & Finance, Patient Safety, Quality & Errors

Social and economic factors, such as housing, healthy food, and income, can drive up to 80% of health outcomes, making them critical components in any “whole-person” approach to healthcare. In general...

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Six tests for physician leadership

February 12, 2026

Leadership & Finance, Accreditation & Survey Preparation

Over the years, physicians have been frequently accused of resisting change. In the face of tremendous new pressures—ranging from explosive levels of new technology and data to changing regulatory bur...

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Everyday answers and solutions based on premature conclusions

Patient Safety Awareness Week resources from PSQH

10 steps to becoming a high-reliability hospital from Truman Medical Center

How Truman became a high reliability hospital: The three-year program to build a safety culture

Physician burnout reaches new heights during COVID-19 pandemic

How to run an emergency department social medicine team

Use these lists to organize and prepare for HR review

COVID ambassadors help thousands of patients talk with their families during isolation

Cultural care delivery: The gateway to promoting greater health equity

Six tests for physician leadership

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