Hurting Silently: Assessing Pain In Nonverbal Patients
There are plenty of things clinicians can do to better evaluate pain in dementia patients and other patients who may not be able to communicate verbally.
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.
Joint Commission Releases List of 2018 National Patient Safety Goals
The NPSGs cover eight different accreditation programs: ambulatory, behavioral care, critical access hospital, home care, hospital, laboratory services, nursing care center, and office-based surgery.
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.
6 Things Healthcare Execs Should Do to Prepare for Cyber Threats
The ECRI Institute’s annual list of health technology dangers can prompt healthcare leaders to address cyber vulnerabilities.
CHIME Redirects Patient Identification Efforts
The National Patient ID Challenge did not achieve CHIME’s goals, and the association opted to move those resources to other patient identification strategies, according to the association’s announcement.
CMS Emergency Prep Rule Is Now Enforceable By Surveyors
Facilities have had over two years to prepare for this rule, and the agency has already said it won’t be accepting excuses for noncompliance.
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.”
Study: Concurrent Surgeries Safe for Patients
A review of more than 2,000 neurosurgical cases found no greater risk of post-operations complications for patients operated on by surgeons conducting overlapping surgeries.