Complete this sentence: On an inpatient psychiatric unit, staffed 24 hours a day, seven days a week, __________ is one of the most frequently occurring sentinel events. ...

The Institute for Safe Medical Practices (ISMP) recently updated its “List of Confused Drug Names”...

The American Hospital Association’s (AHA) TrendWatch has released a recent report looking at hospital readmissions and what quality of care issues might be interconnected to readmission rates....

This fall, The Joint Commission Center for Transforming­ Healthcare will release its Targeted Solutions Tool™ addressing wrong-site surgery. The tool is part of the Center's Targeted Solutio...

Most of the time when a patient is ill, an x-ray, scan, or lab test is needed to obtain more precise information to understand the cause of the illness so the care team can help resolve it. This happe...

In an effort to ensure more reporting of adverse events, Minister for Health James Reilly is considering a number of proposals that would impose stiff sanctions if providers fail to inform patients ...

True or False: The International Normalized Ratio (INR) is used to measure the patient’s level of coagulation when using Warfarin. ...

The following is an excerpt from Occurrence Reporting: Building a Robust Problem Identification and ­Resolution Process, by Kenneth R. Rohde, senior consultant for The ­Greeley Company, a divi...

The National Quality Forum (NQF) released a list of approved serious reportable events (SRE) in June. The list includes 25 updated events and four new events....

When core measures data are out of compliance for _____________ or more consecutive quarters, you should analyze the data and take steps to improve results. ...