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Training healthcare staff with the proper dose: Part 1

March 11, 2024

Patient Safety

You don’t give the same dose of medication to every patient, and the same is true with training healthcare staff, says Robert Lloyd, PhD, a vice president of improvement science and senior improvement...

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UAMS breaks the rules for better healthcare

March 04, 2024

Patient Safety

Thea Rosenbaum, MD, MBA, is the chief clinical transformation officer at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) and has experience in breaking the rules—in a good way. As a member of t...

Mac's Safety Space

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Making sure there’s enough breathing room: Updating medical gas systems

December 13, 2025

Patient Safety, Environment and Facilities

One of the many lessons learned during the COVID-19 pandemic is that medical gas system capacity is an important consideration. I suspect a lot of folks are giving serious consideration to how best to...

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Case study: Breaking the rules and KitKats at Queen’s University

February 19, 2024

Patient Safety

In 2022, the Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario embarked on a journey to prune away the rules that hindered care and comfort in their Department of Emergency Medicine. The project was lead by Lou...

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IHI: This healthcare rule does not spark joy

February 05, 2024

Patient Safety

If you could break any rule in service of a better experience for patients or healthcare staff, what would it be? What rules create complexity and effort for doctors, nurses, and patients without impr...

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Updated recommendations for CAUTI prevention

December 13, 2025

Infection Control, Patient Safety

Urinary tract infections are one of the most common healthcare-associated infections. Urinary catheters are also one of the most common medical devices experienced by adult patients in hospitals and e...

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CMS takes steps to improve access to behavioral health services

January 16, 2024

Patient Safety

Read this Q&A to learn about new CMS policies that are aimed at improving patients' access to behavioral health services. ...

Patient Safety Monitor Journal

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Workforce planning’s role in patient safety: Part 2

January 09, 2024

Patient Safety

It’s not enough to have a good thing in healthcare—you’ve also got to keep it going. This applies to workforce planning as well explains, Patricia A. McGaffigan, RN, MS, CPPS, a vice president of th...

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Workforce planning’s role in patient safety: Part 1

January 02, 2024

Patient Safety, Workplace safety

While artificial intelligence might be headline news, healthcare and medicine will remain the domain of human caregivers for a long time to come. Doctors to diagnose illnesses, nurses to care for pati...

Inside Accreditation & Quality

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CMS, accreditors update part of process for ligature risk deficiencies

December 19, 2023

Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Patient Safety

Hospitals no longer must worry about new—or in some cases even old—ligature risk extension requests (LRER) for deficiencies that cannot be corrected within 60 days. However, hospitals still need to pe...

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Training healthcare staff with the proper dose: Part 1

UAMS breaks the rules for better healthcare

Making sure there’s enough breathing room: Updating medical gas systems

Case study: Breaking the rules and KitKats at Queen’s University

IHI: This healthcare rule does not spark joy

Updated recommendations for CAUTI prevention

CMS takes steps to improve access to behavioral health services

Workforce planning’s role in patient safety: Part 2

Workforce planning’s role in patient safety: Part 1

CMS, accreditors update part of process for ligature risk deficiencies

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