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Medical Environment Update
- Volume
32
Issue
2

Building blocks to better data

February 12, 2026
Laboratory Safety, Policies and Procedures, Quality & Errors, Cybersecurity & Technology
The one thing healthcare isn’t short on is data. The industry has data coming in from all directions, but that’s not always a perfect scenario—data that is duplicated, low quality, or siloed can prese...
Medical Environment Update
- Volume
32
Issue
2

Mental shortcuts, fallacies, and patient harm: How we make healthcare decisions drives patient outcomes

February 12, 2026
Laboratory Safety, Policies and Procedures, Quality & Errors
Do you ever think about how you think, or come to conclusions, or make decisions? It’s a Philosophy 101 question, but in the healthcare context it means examining how we make assumptions, skip steps, ...
Patient Safety Monitor Journal
- Volume
23
Issue
2

Operating room distractions

February 12, 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...
Patient Safety Monitor Journal
- Volume
23
Issue
2

Medication reconciliation: Prescriptions from multiple providers provide room for error

February 12, 2026
Policies and Procedures, Quality & Errors
The importance of medication reconciliation is obvious. When taken together, certain medicine combinations can cause harmful effects. Therefore, keeping an updated record of all the medicines a patien...
Patient Safety Monitor Journal
- Volume
23
Issue
1

Excerpt: Soaring to Success - The Path to Developing High-Reliability Clinical Teams

February 12, 2026
Leadership & Finance, Policies and Procedures, Quality & Errors, Workplace safety
CRM has two main parts. The first deals with teamwork and communication and covers the interpersonal and social aspects of the working environment. The second deals with human factors and situational ...
Medical Environment Update
- Volume
32
Issue
1

Sepsis: Awareness has life-saving value

February 12, 2026
Infection Control, Patient Safety, Policies and Procedures
Sepsis is a problem that won’t go away. Globally, one in five deaths are caused by sepsis. In U.S. hospitals, sepsis is the leading cause of death and hospital readmissions. The condition is fast acti...
Medical Environment Update
- Volume
32
Issue
1

Setting a smart-growth approach to telehealth in motion: Three insights

February 12, 2026
Policies and Procedures, Cybersecurity & Technology
In 2020, telehealth investments focused on speed, not strategy, as healthcare providers and payers rushed to meet the need for virtual care during the pandemic. Now, a recent Amwell/HIMSS survey shows...
Patient Safety Monitor Journal
- Volume
23
Issue
1

High turnover and low reliability: A self-destructive cycle

February 12, 2026
Leadership & Finance, Patient Safety, Policies and Procedures, Quality & Errors
As the COVID-19 pandemic rolls into its third year, many healthcare workers have had enough. Long hours, crushing workloads, and cultural tensions about vaccines and the virus have accelerated the num...
Healthcare Safety Leader
- Volume
30
Issue
1

Healthcare Safety Leader, January 2022

February 12, 2026
Natural & Manmade Disasters, Environment and Facilities, Policies and Procedures
Subscribers, download this month's full newsletter Not a subscriber yet? Sign up for a Basic of Platinum membership to gain access to all Patient Safety Monitor Journal, Inside Accreditation &amp...
Patient Safety Monitor Journal
- Volume
23
Issue
1

Caring for the caregivers: A look at improving care after discharge

February 12, 2026
Patient Safety, Policies and Procedures, Quality & Errors, Workplace safety
An estimated 47.9 million adults—more than 19% of the population—provide informal care for an adult in their lives. What goes on outside of the hospital or care facility is no small ask, either: Two C...

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