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Top five contributing factors that lead to care coordination events

February 20, 2026

Patient Safety

In July, doctors at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) performed the first hand transplant on a child. The 10-hour surgery, performed on an eight-year-old boy who had lost his hands and ...

Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor

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Doctors, patients, and email

February 20, 2026

Patient Safety

How much of an impact does email have on patient health? According to a new Kaiser Permanente study published in The American Journal of Managed Care, email plays quite a large role....

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Hospital cooperation drops patient harm in half

February 20, 2026

Patient Safety

The Florida Hospital Association (FHA) recently reported on the success of the largest hospital quality improvement project in Florida history....

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Culture of Safety and Just Culture

February 20, 2026

Patient Safety

The ability of a hospital or health system to deliver quality clinical, financial, and operational outcomes is highly contingent upon the availability and use of a variety of resources, including supp...

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Mortality rankings improve when DNR patients are factored out

February 20, 2026

Patient Safety

A study published in The Journal of the American Medical Association found that do-not-resuscitate (DNR) are not factored out of quality rankings for hospitals....

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Opioid over-prescription not limited to a few physicians

February 20, 2026

Patient Safety

Prescription opioid sales have increased 300% since 1999 according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), with nearly 2 million Americans either addicted or dependent on them....

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New superbug shares its antibiotic resistance with other bacteria

February 20, 2026

Infection Control, Patient Safety

More cases of a dangerous strain of Carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE) have been reported in the U.S. the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reports. ...

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CDI increases mortality in patients five-fold

February 20, 2026

Patient Safety

A study published in The Journal of the American Medical Association found heightened morbidity and mortality rates in patients who developed Clostridium difficile infections (C.diff) post-surgery....

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FDA warns intravascular device coatings can peel during surgery

February 20, 2026

Patient Safety

FDA recently issued a safety communication on intravascular medical devices (IMD), stating that their hydrophilic and/or hydrophobic coatings may peel off....

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Developing situational awareness

February 20, 2026

Patient Safety

In healthcare, situational awareness (SA) is defined as the perception of the elements within a volume of time and space, the comprehension of their meaning, and the projection of their status in the ...

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Top five contributing factors that lead to care coordination events

Doctors, patients, and email

Hospital cooperation drops patient harm in half

Culture of Safety and Just Culture

Mortality rankings improve when DNR patients are factored out

Opioid over-prescription not limited to a few physicians

New superbug shares its antibiotic resistance with other bacteria

CDI increases mortality in patients five-fold

FDA warns intravascular device coatings can peel during surgery

Developing situational awareness

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