PSQH: The Podcast Episode 95 – How Technology Can Improve IV Safety
On episode 95 of PSQH: The Podcast, Gary Warren, CEO of ivWatch, talks about how technology can improve IV safety.
Error vs. Failure: Taking a Different Look at What Goes Wrong in Healthcare
When things go wrong in healthcare, we look at the wrong things after the fact, according to a presenter at the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) Forum in Orlando earlier this month.
How One Health System Has Successfully Tackled Workplace Violence
A recent survey found that 40% of healthcare workers had experienced workplace violence in the past two years. Workplace violence in healthcare settings has several negative consequences such as care team members suffering physical and psychological trauma, according to the survey report.
Patient Safety Predictions for 2024
PSQH reached out to experts throughout healthcare to get their predictions for what will happen in patient safety and healthcare quality in 2024. Here’s what they had to say.
CNOs Tap Into Nurse-Led Tech to Combat Workplace Violence
Workplace violence is on the rise. And nurses, who are at the heart of care, are at especially high risk. In a 2022 National Nurses United survey, nearly half of hospital-based respondents reported an increase in workplace violence, a 57% increase from the rate reported in their previous survey in late 2021.
PSQH: The Podcast Episode 94 – How Nurses Are Leading Patient Safety Innovation
On episode 94 of PSQH: The Podcast, Patricia McGaffigan, vice president, Institute for Healthcare Improvement, and Dina Dent, vice president and chief nursing officer at Inova Health System, talk about the IHI’s nurse-led pilot rapid-cycle improvement program.
What Healthcare Leaders are Saying About Patient Experience
The need to focus on patient experience never went away. It became a lower priority during the pandemic, when healthcare providers had to address more pressing concerns such as addressing patient surges.
IHI Forum Kicks Off With Focus on AI, Decarbonization, and Equity
More than 3,000 attendees have gathered in Orlando this week for the IHI Forum, which officials say will mainly focus on three themes: the use of AI in healthcare, reducing healthcare’s carbon footprint, and improving health equity.
Patient Experience is Crucial to the Success of Hospital at Home
The crucial piece of the puzzle that could make this program sustainable is data that proves patients are healing better and faster at home than in the hospital.
Health Systems Can Now Validate Their Data Use Methods
The organization has unveiled a voluntary Responsible Use of Health Data (RUHD) Certification program for US hospitals, including critical access hospitals, which aims to “provide guidance and recognize healthcare organizations navigating the appropriate sensitivities needed to safely transfer data to third-party organizations, also known as secondary use of data.”