Preventing Patient Identification Errors
Before organizations can find solutions to patient identification errors, a root cause analysis based on past misidentifications should be conducted.
Creating a Culture of Caregiver Support
Researchers urge proactive, positive programs to protect healthcare workers from burnout, trauma, and abuse.
Incontinence-Associated Dermatitis: An Avoidable and Preventable Complication of Care
As a form of healthcare-acquired skin injury, Incontinence-associated dermatitis, is now recognized as both avoidable and preventable.
Harvey, Irma, and Maria: Questions Hospitals Need to Answer Before a Hurricane Hits
Medical facilities that sit in hurricane-prone regions know to remain prepared before, during, and after the regular storm season, which extends from June 1 to December 1. But Harvey and Irma struck with surprising speed and strength, leaving many facilities with one question: How can a hospital possibly prepare for an event of such magnitude?
Clinical Trials, Genetic Testing, and Personalized Medicine
As medicine marches toward its embrace of personalized medicine and immunotherapy, researchers struggle to obtain meaningful discoveries that can be applied to the ever-expanding number of patient cohorts.
Extra Attention to High Risk Patients Saves Money, Improves Outcomes
A California physician network is reducing utilization by providing special attention to patients most at risk for readmission after hospitalization.
Study: Hospital Room Floors May Need More Attention in Infection Control
Want to improve your infection control? Consider your hospital floors.
Telling True Stories Is an ISMP Hallmark. Here’s Why You Should Tell Stories, Too.
Data plays a crucial role in facilitating improvement, but the right story can also have the power to inspire and incite change, including with manufacturers, regulatory agencies, accrediting agencies, and standard-setting organizations.
Service Animals in the ER
Balancing the need to keep medical settings safe and clean with the rights of patients with disabilities and their service animals has challenges.
How to Spot Suicide and Ligature Risks in Your Facility
Last year The Joint Commission issued a Sentinel Event Alert to hospitals urging them to do a better job of identifying suicidal ideation in patients, this year the accreditor is doubling down, issuing specific warnings in Joint Commission publications and FAQs outlining concerns about ligature, or hanging, risks.