Using High Harm Debriefs to Improve Event Reporting
The debriefs are led by a trained operations leader, including the staff and providers involved in the event. The HHD is meant to implement immediate stopgaps or actions to reduce patient harm and the risk of harm to other patients.
How to Manage Malpractice Risk in Your Emergency Department
Emergency departments are a crucial frontline healthcare setting, with more than 138 million visits to emergency rooms annually. EDs are the fourth most common healthcare setting for malpractice claims.
Eliminating the ‘Weekend Effect’ Will Improve Maternal Outcomes
A 2015 study by researchers at Northwestern University found adverse or potential adverse events occurred in approximately one in five women admitted to the hospital labor and delivery unit.
Companies Work to Help Combat IV Infiltrations
Peripheral veins are the most common IV therapy line access method in both hospitals and paramedic services, as they’re generally the least invasive way to get fluids in and out of the body during therapy. By some accounts, more than 25 million patients in the United States get a PVC each year.
Case Study: Automating Sepsis Alerts at Harborview Medical Center
Sepsis mortality rates increase quickly when the condition is left untreated, even for just a few hours. However, there isn’t a simple test for sepsis. Instead, providers have to watch for patterns and symptoms that could indicate sepsis. As a result, it’s common to have misdiagnoses or delays in diagnosis.
Longer, Better-Quality Patient Interaction? Yes, Please!
While telehealth might be the trendiest method for physicians to go directly to people’s homes, it’s not the only way. More healthcare systems and innovative tech-based startups are bringing healthcare into the home with old-fashioned house calls made new.
Doing More Harm Than Good? Study Finds Healthcare Workers Often Provide Care While Ill
The study found that 95% of healthcare workers have worked while sick, most often because the symptoms were mild or began during their work shift.
Survey: Majority of Americans Concerned About Healthcare Worker Burnout
In the ASHP survey, a quarter of Americans said they believe hospital pharmacists (26%) and retail pharmacists (25%) are often burned out. The AJHP study found that pharmacists say burnout is driven by increased workloads, periodic drug shortages, and demands from electronic health records, insurance, and regulatory requirements.
Medical Center’s Four-Pronged Effort Reduced C. Diff Infections by 55%
In the hospital setting, there are multiple contributing factors that can drive C. diff infections. The lead author of the recent research, which was published in The Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety, said the main drivers of C. diff infections are likely to vary from hospital to hospital.
APIC Honors Members With Service Awards
The APIC conference aims to provide infection preventionists, physicians, researchers, epidemiologists, educators, administrators, and medical technologists with strategies that can be implemented immediately to improve prevention programs and make healthcare safer.