ISMP Launches the First High-Alert Medication Safety Self-Assessment for Inpatient and Outpatient Facilities
ISMP will use the aggregate findings to plan additional educational curricula, tools, and resources to help healthcare practitioners enhance safety when using high-alert medications.
Treating Veterans Requires Deep Understanding of Their Experience
Because veterans may not always go with the VA health system, everyone in healthcare should be sensitive to the medical circumstances and challenges surrounding this particular population.
Patient Handoffs: The Gap Where Mistakes Are Made
Communication failures contribute to somewhere between 50% to 80% of sentinel events. So it’s the number one cause of the most serious events in hospitals which in turn are a leading cause of death in the U.S.
Las Vegas Healthcare Workers Faced Impossible Horrors, But Still Pulled Through
“We are in an environment where underlying violence is considered acceptable. We are expected not only to survive, but turn right around, respond, and treat casualties.”
Q & A: The Hospital, The Law, And The Patient
The Utah case was an example of everything that could go wrong in a law enforcement/healthcare interaction. However, these two groups often have to work closely together. And if a patient comes in who is under arrest, providers need to know the extent and constraints of the law.
Communication: A Critical Healthcare Competency
Strong communication among healthcare team members has been shown to influence the quality of working relationships and job satisfaction, and clear communication about task division and responsibilities has been linked to reduced workforce turnover, particularly among nursing staff.
Depressed Nurses Make More Medical Errors
Nurses in poorer health had an up to 71% higher likelihood of reporting medical errors than did her healthier peers.
The Route to Eliminating Hospital-Acquired Conditions
If there is an opportunity for improvement in any of the measures at your facility, it’s important not only to have a corrective action plan (CAP) in place for audit readiness and future safety surveys, but to ensure that the CAP is based on a root cause analysis.
Match Quality Of Care With Respect When Treating LGBTQ Patients
Every facility wants to give the best possible care to every patient who walks through its doors, regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity. But wanting to help people isn’t the same as helping them or knowing what they need.
Treating Patients with Hearing, Vision, and LEP Issues
Communication issues are receiving increased scrutiny from patients and the HHS Office for Civil Rights (OCR) – and your hospital could lose money if fined or sued based on such issues.