Improving Antibiotic Stewardship at Urgent Care Centers

Highlights:

  • A Prescription for Social Determinants of Health
  • When in Crisis Mode, Let Everyone Follow the Data
  • Healthcare Extends Into the Online Community
  • Rapidly Accelerating Use of Artificial Intelligence and Robotics Demands Ethical Analysis
  • Over-the-Top Risky: Overuse of ADC Overrides, Removal of Drugs Without an Order, and Use of Non-Profiled Cabinets
  • Industry Focus: Using Bed Barriers Cuts Down on C. diff
  • How Data Analytics Will Improve Patient Care
  • ABQAURP News: Age-Friendly Health Systems
  • Contact-Free Continuous Monitoring: How Arnot Ogden Medical Center Protects Patients From Clinical Deterioration
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How Is Your System Supporting Overwhelmed Physicians?

Highlights:

  • From Snow to Achuff: Using Analytics to Drive Clinical Care
  • Study: Staff Will Work Through Illness Despite Sick Policy
  • PSQH Innovation Award Winner: Cleveland Clinic Develops Algorithm to Power Early Warning System
  • A Lot Happens When You Report a Hazard or Error to ISMP - There's No 'Black Hole' Here!
  • Risk Management and the Transgender Hospital Admission
  • Industry Focus: Q&A: How to Improve Patient Handoffs
  • Massachusetts Weighs Hospital Wayfinding Regulation
  • ABQAURP News: Quality Measures and Improvement in Addiction Treatment
  • Network Seeks to Reduce Drug Diversion, Increase Reporting Rate
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Creating a Culture That Puts an End to Sexual Harassment in Healthcare

Highlights:

  • Enterprise Analytics: Data, Insight, Process, Change, Repeat
  • Using Digital Dashboards to Reduce Wait Times
  • Published Review of Independent Double Checks Shouldn't Dissuade Providers From Using Them Judiciously
  • It's Time for Healthcare Organizations to Take Ownership of Burnout
  • The Relationship Between Supply Chain and the Frontline Clinician
  • Educating Consumers About Genetic Testing
  • Industry Focus: Evaluating Sources of Patient Experience Data
  • Virtual Reality Could Improve Surgical Safety
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The Return on Investing in Elder Care

Highlights:

  • Digitally Driven: Link Technology to Process Change
  • When Is a Doctor Too Old for the Job?
  • Industry Focus/Mitigating Risk--De-Escalation: Mitigating Violence in Healthcare
  • Dangerous Wrong-Route Errors With Tranexamic Acid--A Major Cause for Concern
  • Report Focuses on Risk to Patients From ED Errors
  • Arming PCPs to Screen and Intervene on Behavioral Health
  • Joint Commission Offers Drug Diversion Advice, Resources Amid Growing Opioid Epidemic
  • Study Finds Major Problems With PPE Doffing
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Could Medical Device Security Depend Upon Clinicians?

Highlights:

  • AI: Augmented Intelligence or Electric Sheep?
  • Industry Focus—Infection Control: Examine Your Dialysis Space to Ensure Room to Separate Infectious Patients
  • Safety Enhancements Every Hospital Must Consider in Wake of Another Tragic Neuromuscular Blocker Event
  • PSQH Industry Outlook Survey: Identifying Areas of Strength and Weakness
  • Industry Focus—Culture of Safety: Just Culture: It's Much More Than an Algorithm
  • Lessons Learned From a Death Outside a Hospital's Doorstep
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Returning the Primary Care Physician to the Heart of Patient Care

Highlights:

  • Believing is Seeing
  • Fluoroscopy-Associated Skin Reactions: Lessons From the VHA Root Cause Analysis Database
  • Mix-Ups Between Epidural Analgesia and IV Antibiotics in L&D Units Continue to Cause Harm
  • Hospital-Owned Drug Company Aims for Transparent, Flat Pricing for Critical Generic Drugs
  • PSQH Innovation Awards Winner: Thibodaux Regional Medical Center Transforms Orthopedic Care Processes
  • Study: More Than Half of Hospital Infections Could Be Prevented With Proper Protocols
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Who Is the Patient Advocate?

Highlights:

  • A Health IT Soothsayer
  • Report Finds Radiologists to Blame for Missed Diagnoses
  • Could Legally Mandated Racial Bias Training Reduce Maternal Mortality Rates for Black Women?
  • Guided Reflection: A Strategy to Reduce Patient Falls and Fall-Related Injuries
  • Call to Action: Long-Standing Strategies to Prevent Accidental Daily Methotrexate Dosing Must Be Implemented
  • A Novel Approach to Hospital Efficiency
  • The Devastating Effects of Silence
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Are Second Victims Getting the Help They Need?

Highlights:

  • Analytics: Act Like an EIS Officer
  • Are Second Victims Getting the Help They Need?
  • ISMP Survey Shows Provider Text Messaging Often Runs Afoul of Patient Safety
  • Memorial Healthcare Rolls Out New Protocol to Eliminate Wrong-Site Nerve Blocks
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Expanding a Telehealth Program to Serve More Patients

Highlights:

  • Expanding a Telehealth Program to Serve More Patients
  • Drug Shortages Continue to Compromise Patient Care
  • Protecting Your Patients: Violence and Active Shooters
  • EMRs: Are We There Yet?
  • Navigating the Laws and Benefits of Telemedicine
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