See When States Will Face Hospital Bed Capacity Shortages During COVID-19 Outbreak
Array Advisors called for provider organizations to take immediate action to combat the spread of the virus, which has caused significant clinical and financial damage in recent weeks. The company stated that if the virus spreads faster than expected or states do not choose to cancel elective medical procedures, these bed shortage projections might occur sooner than expected.
ECRI Lists Top 10 Patient Safety Concerns for 2020
ECRI has been gathering patient safety event data through its patient safety organization, ECRI PSO, since 2009. “We and our partner PSOs have received more than 3.2 million event reports. This means that the 10 patient safety concerns on this list are very real. These concerns are harming people—sometimes seriously,” the executive brief says.
Coronavirus: 6 Measures to Sustain the Healthcare Workforce
The COVID-19 pandemic is straining healthcare workers worldwide, according to the new journal article, which was published last week by the Journal of the American Medical Association. “The pressure on the global healthcare workforce continues to intensify.
Patient Safety Movement Foundation Sets New Goal of Zero Preventable Deaths by 2030
Established in 2012, the PSMF has offered tools, resources, and guidelines to educate healthcare providers, industry professionals, patients, and families about reducing and eliminating preventable patient deaths.
New Press Ganey Initiative Aims to Reduce Patient Harm by 2025
Through the program, Press Ganey will give participating organizations access to its HPI Press Ganey Patient Safety Organization (PSO) platform and learning forums, along with education and best practices around high reliability and zero harm.
CMS Relaxes Respirator Rules as WHO Declares Pandemic
CMS issued the directive in response to an emergency use authorization (EUA) on March 9 by the CDC and FDA. That EUA offered guidance “expanding the types of facemasks healthcare workers may use in situations involving COVID-19 and other respiratory infections” to include some industrial respirators, according to Quality, Safety & Oversight Group memo QSO-20-17-ALL.
CMS Reminds Providers About EMTALA Obligations With COVID-19 Patients
The memo points hospitals and other providers to several online resources, as well as answering several frequently asked questions regarding COVID-19 patients and suspected patients. Specifically, it “strongly” urges providers and surveyors to monitor the CDC Health Alert Network website for COVID-19 related issues.
COVID-19: EPA Releases List of Registered Disinfectants
Products on the list have qualified for use against COVID-19 through the Agency’s Emerging Viral Pathogen program. This program allows product manufacturers to provide the EPA with data, even in advance of an outbreak, that show their products are effective against harder-to-kill viruses than SARS-CoV-2.
Telemedicine Playing Front Line Role in COVID-19 Outbreak
The virtual visit is conducted by a physician, physician assistant, or nurse practitioner. Most of the clinicians work at the health system’s telehealth platform, Spectrum Health Now, but they are being supplemented with clinicians from urgent care centers and primary care clinics who have spare time.
AHIP, ACHE, AONL Cancel Conferences Amid Coronavirus Concerns
The actions follow those of Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society, which last week issued a last-minute cancellation of this week’s annual conference in Orlando, at which 45,000 people from across the globe were expected to attend.