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How the Perioperative Surgical Home Can Save Money and Improve Outcomes in Outpatient ORs

May 10, 2019 ‐ PSQH

First introduced around 2012, the PSH model is a patient-centered, team- and evidence-based effort targeted at improving outcomes and lowering costs. Under the model, the anesthesiologists coordinate closely with nurses, surgeons, and other key players involved in surgical patient care.

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Tomorrow’s Solutions to Today’s Challenges in Minimally Invasive Surgery

May 10, 2019 ‐ PSQH

The achievements of minimally invasive technology and techniques have been fantastic, and in many ways, we have addressed the above needs. But ask any interventionalist, and you will quickly learn that there are still pain points—limitations—preventing minimally invasive surgery from realizing its full benefits.

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Industry Focus—Culture of Safety: Just Culture…It’s Much More Than an Algorithm

May 6, 2019 ‐ PSQH

In a high-reliability culture, a paradigm exists that simply states that it is not realistic to expect zero human error. Human error is ubiquitous; it is inevitable. As much as we dictate policy and guidelines, as much as we practice and train, humans will commit errors; it is a constant.

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Clinician Visits at SNFs Linked to Readmission and Mortality Rates

April 30, 2019 ‐ HealthLeaders Media

The recent study, published in Health Affairs and LDI Research Brief, found clinician visits to hospital-discharged patients at SNFs were strongly associated with readmission and mortality rates.

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More Than Manners: Involving Patients and Representatives in Care Decisions

April 24, 2019 ‐ Patient Safety Monitor Journal

Featured in this month’s PSQI Online Spotlight: Patient safety coaches explain how to involve patients in their care decisions.

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In-Hospital Delirium Predictive of Readmission, Discharge to Postacute Facilities, ER Visits

April 23, 2019 ‐ HealthLeaders Media

The recent research in the Journal of Hospital Medicine featured data collected from more than 700 delirious patients and nearly 8,000 non-delirious patients. The researchers found delirious patients had increased odds for 30-day readmissions, ED visits, and discharge to postacute care facilities.

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How Intermountain Reduced NICU Infections, Pain, Blood Loss

April 16, 2019 ‐ HealthLeaders Media

In 2008, Dixie Regional Medical Center in St. George, Utah, launched an initiative to reduce infections and other harms linked to invasive procedures in the Intermountain Healthcare facility’s NICU.

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Improve Medication Reconciliation, Postacute Handoff Using 2-Part Discharge Checklist

April 12, 2019 ‐ HealthLeaders Media

Without a thorough discharge summary and completed medication reconciliation, postacute-care teams can be bewildered, and patients can be at risk of costly readmissions. Research has linked readmissions to poor communication and poor care coordination between hospitals and primary care providers.

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Joint Commission to Publicly Report C-sections

April 10, 2019 ‐ Accreditation Insider

Hospital rankings will be based on The Joint Commission’s perinatal care (PC) Cesarean Birth measure PC-02. Hospitals accredited by TJC are already required to report that data to the accreditor, but this will be the first time it’ll be visible to the public.

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Envision Develops Portal for Patient Handoff Best Practices

April 3, 2019 ‐ PSQH

During the transition between care providers, the potential for patient harm grows due to the transfer of inaccurate, incomplete, delayed, misinterpreted, or otherwise unhelpful information about the patient’s condition.

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