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Opioids: What do healthcare professionals want and need to know?

February 18, 2026

Patient Safety

Editor’s note: The following article first appeared in the April 2016 edition of PSQH, and was written by members of the National Patient Safety Foundation including Patricia McGaffigan, RN, MS,...

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Plan staff activities for National Patient Safety Awareness Week

February 18, 2026

Patient Safety

March 12–18 marks the start of the 2017 National Patient Safety Awareness Week (PSAW). The week is organized by the National Patient Safety Foundation (NPSF) to increase awareness on patient saf...

How Parkland Health & Hospital System Successfully Implemented a Suicide Risk Screening Program

Tue, 02/07/2017 - 01:00 - - Natural & Manmade Disasters

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Quick, cheap, and effective: Oral care makes serious dent in hospital-acquired pneumonia cases

February 18, 2026

Patient Safety

If you work in healthcare, then you’re probably aware that there’s room for improvement. You’re also probably aware of the deluge of strategies, solutions, recommendations, and guida...

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Patient Safety Monitor Journal, January 2017

February 18, 2026

Patient Safety

There’s been a flood of different measures and metrics in recent years. CMS, Joint Commission, hospital organizations, and vendors each have their own way of calculating a hospital’s ran...

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PSMJ 2016 index

February 18, 2026

Patient Safety

It was a long year of big changes; some unexpected, some you saw coming miles away. To help you find what you need, we’ve created our annual PSMJ Index of all this year’s articles and link...

Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor

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Webinar: How Parkland Health & Hospital System Successfully Implemented a Suicide Risk Screening Program

February 18, 2026

Patient Safety

Date: Tuesday, February 7, 1:00-2:30 p.m. EST Presented by: Kimberly Roaten, PhD, CRC Celeste Johnson, DNP, APRN, PMH CNS Level of Program: Intermediate Summary: Suicides were the third most comm...

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Report: Financial penalties prove effective against readmissions

February 18, 2026

Patient Safety

Based on data collected from more than 2,800 hospitals, researchers were able to prove the effectiveness of the Hospital Readmission Reduction Program (HRRP). Harvard and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical...

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Cover your regulatory bases to provide mental health and substance abuse care

February 18, 2026

Behavioral & Mental Health, Patient Safety

In its 2016 Health Index, Blue Cross Blue Shield (BCBS) found that mental disorders and substance abuse are the chief causes of shortened longevity and health in the U.S. The top five conditions cause...

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Patient Safety Monitor Journal, December 2016

February 18, 2026

Patient Safety

A deadly infection that has lingered throughout healthcare for the last several decades is finding a foothold at the national level thanks to recently updated definitions that offer clinicians a mor...

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Opioids: What do healthcare professionals want and need to know?

Plan staff activities for National Patient Safety Awareness Week

How Parkland Health & Hospital System Successfully Implemented a Suicide Risk Screening Program

Quick, cheap, and effective: Oral care makes serious dent in hospital-acquired pneumonia cases

Patient Safety Monitor Journal, January 2017

PSMJ 2016 index

Webinar: How Parkland Health & Hospital System Successfully Implemented a Suicide Risk Screening Program

Report: Financial penalties prove effective against readmissions

Cover your regulatory bases to provide mental health and substance abuse care

Patient Safety Monitor Journal, December 2016

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