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Chief nurse: How to reduce serious safety events

December 14, 2025

Leadership & Finance, Patient Safety, Workplace safety, Healthcare Staff

Ward, who has more than 30 years of experience in healthcare administration and has served in senior nursing roles in organizations across the country, spoke with HealthLeaders about what has worked i...

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The way forward: Coronavirus remains focal point for healthcare organizations

December 14, 2025

Infection Control, Leadership & Finance

Now that COVID-19 has reached an endemic phase, one of the biggest challenges facing healthcare organizations is keeping communities focused on containing the virus, says Janet Tomcavage, MS, executiv...

Medical Environment Update

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Towering inferno: Fire safety in the laboratory

December 14, 2025

Natural & Manmade Disasters, Environment and Facilities, Laboratory Safety, Leadership & Finance, Fire & Life Safety, Workplace safety

During new lab employee orientation, safety training should be one of the first items, and it should include information about fire prevention and preparedness. Orient the new staff to the layout of t...

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Hello, data: Time for security leaders to embrace reporting, data analysis

December 14, 2025

Leadership & Finance, Quality & Errors, Workplace safety, Cybersecurity & Technology

The International Association for Healthcare Security and Safety (IAHSS) has released its Incident Categories and Data Analysis guidelines in which it encourages healthcare security leaders to make da...

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5,217 nurses were assaulted on the job just in Q2 2022

December 14, 2025

Leadership & Finance, Workplace safety, Healthcare Staff

That equates to more than two nursing personnel assaulted every hour; 57 per day; and 1,739 per month, the data reveals. “Nurses take an oath to do no harm, and many put their own safety and health...

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No new talks planned as 3-day nurses strike starts in Twin Cities, Duluth

December 14, 2025

Leadership & Finance, Health Equity, Healthcare Staff, Workplace safety

Nurses at 15 hospitals in the Twin Cities and northern Minnesota began a three-day walkout Monday morning, September 12, 2022. The strike started at 7 a.m. and is scheduled to last until early Thur...

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Five things healthcare organizations can do to improve patient engagement and quality of care

December 14, 2025

Leadership & Finance, Patient Safety, Cybersecurity & Technology, Quality & Errors

Most healthcare providers understand the importance of patient engagement. In value-based care, it’s key to optimizing patient outcomes, which leads to better-value care overall. But since 2020, pa...

Medical Environment Update

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30 years solo: Advice from a doctor on staying independent

December 14, 2025

Leadership & Finance, Quality & Errors, Cybersecurity & Technology

I run a small, independent practice out of Arlington, Texas. And when I say “small practice,” I mean that it’s just me—along with my nurse and my administrator who runs the front desk. We serve everyd...

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Cutting through the noise among digital health solutions

December 14, 2025

Leadership & Finance, Quality & Errors, Cybersecurity & Technology

Digital health technology has become a huge market—and an overwhelming one. With all of the new options to bring patients online through portals, apps, and other touchpoints, it’s easy for health syst...

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Nursing homes found to be underreporting pressure ulcers

December 14, 2025

Leadership & Finance, Patient Safety

For hospital admissions claims with pressure ulcers as the primary diagnosis, 22.4% of them weren’t reported by the nursing homes. For those claims with pressure ulcers as the secondary diagnosis, 45%...

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Chief nurse: How to reduce serious safety events

The way forward: Coronavirus remains focal point for healthcare organizations

Towering inferno: Fire safety in the laboratory

Hello, data: Time for security leaders to embrace reporting, data analysis

5,217 nurses were assaulted on the job just in Q2 2022

No new talks planned as 3-day nurses strike starts in Twin Cities, Duluth

Five things healthcare organizations can do to improve patient engagement and quality of care

30 years solo: Advice from a doctor on staying independent

Cutting through the noise among digital health solutions

Nursing homes found to be underreporting pressure ulcers

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