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“Criminalizing medical error creates environments and cultures of fear,” says Institute for Healthcare Improvement

February 11, 2026

Leadership & Finance, Quality & Errors

Preventing medical errors requires people to come forward when those errors are made, IHI says. Otherwise, how else will healthcare organizations know there’s a problem? But nurses and other healthcar...

Patient Safety Monitor Journal

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Key trends and cautionary tales: Staffing shortages and patient safety

February 11, 2026

Leadership & Finance, Policies and Procedures, Health Equity, Healthcare Staff, Quality & Errors

Ask any healthcare executive to name the biggest issue that will demand their attention in 2022, and the response will be staffing shortages and their impact on patient safety. Those focused on improv...

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Former nurse’s criminal conviction will have a ‘chilling effect’ on healthcare

February 11, 2026

Leadership & Finance, Patient Safety, Health Equity, Healthcare Staff, Quality & Errors

The conviction of former Vanderbilt nurse RaDonda Vaught for gross neglect of an impaired adult and negligent homicide will have a “chilling effect” on the culture of safety in healthcare, Robyn Begle...

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Establishing an executive protection plan

February 11, 2026

Leadership & Finance, Workplace safety

As part of that guidance, the IAHSS has issued the following statement: Enhanced security measures should be developed for the safety of individuals who may be exposed to elevated personal risk due to...

Medical Environment Update

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Three secrets regarding contamination in the laboratory

February 11, 2026

Infection Control, Laboratory Safety, Leadership & Finance, Workplace safety

Pete picked up a rack of specimens that needed to be delivered to the serology lab across the hall. He wore gloves because he was handling specimens, and he pushed the lab exit door open using the kno...

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Q&A with Rhonda Collins, DNP, RN, FAAN, chief nursing officer

February 11, 2026

Leadership & Finance, Policies and Procedures, Quality & Errors, Workplace safety

Rhonda Collins, DNP, RN, FAAN, has served as the chief nursing officer for Vocera since January 2014. Previously, she was vice president and business manager for Fresenius Kabi USA, was responsible f...

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Your frontline nurses need your help. Here’s how to get there

February 11, 2026

Leadership & Finance, Workplace safety

Here’s a telling statistic that hits home: Two to three nurses at Massachusetts General Hospital are assaulted on any given day. Nurses at the Boston hospital contend with shoves, kicks, and verbal ha...

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Ongoing pandemic stretching health systems and hospitals to their limits

February 11, 2026

Leadership & Finance, Patient Safety, Healthcare Staff, Infection Control

By Christopher Cheney The delta and omicron coronavirus variant surges have pushed health systems and hospitals to a breaking point, a trio of healthcare provider executives said yesterday during a...

Patient Safety Monitor Journal

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Operating room distractions

February 11, 2026

Leadership & Finance, Patient Safety, Policies and Procedures, Quality & Errors

Brad Truax, MD, principal consultant of the Truax Group, says he doesn’t think anybody has really done a good job at reducing distractions in the OR. As an example, he cites a 2021 study done by Alysh...

Medical Environment Update

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Lab safety behaviors in 2022

February 11, 2026

Laboratory Safety, Leadership & Finance, Workplace safety

Maintaining lab safety and protecting workers is an endless job, with old challenges arising just as frequently as new ones. Sean G. Kaufman is CEO and founding partner of Safer Behaviors, a compan...

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“Criminalizing medical error creates environments and cultures of fear,” says Institute for Healthcare Improvement

Key trends and cautionary tales: Staffing shortages and patient safety

Former nurse’s criminal conviction will have a ‘chilling effect’ on healthcare

Establishing an executive protection plan

Three secrets regarding contamination in the laboratory

Q&A with Rhonda Collins, DNP, RN, FAAN, chief nursing officer

Your frontline nurses need your help. Here’s how to get there

Ongoing pandemic stretching health systems and hospitals to their limits

Operating room distractions

Lab safety behaviors in 2022

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