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Patient Safety Monitor Journal

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Five years to diagnose a rare disease; longer for patients of color

February 11, 2026

Patient Safety, Health Equity, Quality & Errors

What does it mean for a patient to have a rare disease? It means an average of five years before getting a correct diagnosis. It means consultations with over seven clinicians to reach an accurate dia...

Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor

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Mobile patient engagement: New ideas sometimes clash with old technology

February 11, 2026

Policies and Procedures, Quality & Errors, Cybersecurity & Technology

Healthcare organizations are finding that an effective patient engagement strategy involves more than just opening a patient portal. A good platform not only gives consumers access to health system se...

Patient Safety Monitor Journal

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Boosting quality, patient adherence while cutting costs with medication management devices

February 11, 2026

Patient Safety, Quality & Errors

Medication non-adherence, particularly among senior patients, is a costly problem facing the American healthcare system. This issue results in an estimated $100 billion–$290 billion in annual costs, a...

Medical Environment Update

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Building blocks to better data

February 11, 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...

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Quintuple aim: Health equity added to healthcare improvement directive

February 11, 2026

Patient Safety, Quality & Errors, Health Equity

Health equity should be added as the fifth element of a Quintuple Aim to guide healthcare improvement efforts, a recent Viewpoint article published by JAMA says. In 2008, the Triple Aim for healthc...

Medical Environment Update

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

February 11, 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, ...

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Antibiotics market ‘fragile and failing,’ report says

February 11, 2026

Infection Control, Quality & Errors

The antibiotics pipeline has dried up and the companies that make the bulk of antibiotics are facing multiple challenges, a new report from the Biotechnology Innovation Organization (BIO) says. The...

Patient Safety Monitor Journal

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Operating room distractions

February 11, 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...

Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor

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NAHQ: Quality professionals and quality work essential during crises such as coronavirus pandemic

February 11, 2026

Natural & Manmade Disasters, Leadership & Finance, Quality & Errors, Infection Control

The coronavirus pandemic has illustrated the value of quality professionals and their work in healthcare, according to a recent whitepaper from the National Association for Healthcare Quality (NAHQ). ...

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Opioid use disorder plays significant role in many sepsis cases

February 11, 2026

Infection Control, Quality & Errors

The Sepsis Alliance is highlighting the intersection of sepsis and opioid use disorders. Sepsis develops in response to infection, and can lead to tissue damage, organ failure, and death. Sepsis is th...

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Five years to diagnose a rare disease; longer for patients of color

Mobile patient engagement: New ideas sometimes clash with old technology

Boosting quality, patient adherence while cutting costs with medication management devices

Building blocks to better data

Quintuple aim: Health equity added to healthcare improvement directive

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

Antibiotics market ‘fragile and failing,’ report says

Operating room distractions

NAHQ: Quality professionals and quality work essential during crises such as coronavirus pandemic

Opioid use disorder plays significant role in many sepsis cases

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