Test staff members' knowledge of healthcare-associated infections with the following questions. Answers are on p. 12....

We hear it time and time again in healthcare: It's all about communication. This is particularly important and complex in the area of patient rights. Misunderstandings abound on both sides of healthca...

A recent study from Truven Health Analytics found that 71% of ED visits made by patients with employer-sponsored insurance coverage are for non-urgent issues or are preventable with proper outpatien...

At Baylor Health Care System, many nurses do more to develop professionally than simply attend continuing education meetings and classes, including one program that conducts practice-based projects ...

In 2011, the 311-bed Lucile Packard Children's ­Hospital in Palo Alto, Calif., was beginning to use its ­Packard Quality Management System as a methodology for improvement, empowering employe...

Test staff members' knowledge of The Joint Commission's National Patient Safety Goals with the following questions. ...

Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) recently developed a protocol to use a Web-based standardized clinical encounter to evaluate providers' ability to ­assess the risk of suicide. ...

The Joint Commission has proposed a new National Patient Safety Goal (NPSG) for 2014 related to the management of alarms. Field review ended February 26....

Patient Safety Awareness Week, an annual education and awareness campaign for healthcare safety sponsored by the National Patient Safety Foundation (NPSF), is this week, March 3-9, 2013. Join in act...

Test staff knowledge on The Joint Commission's emergency management standards with the following questions. ...