Improvements in patient safety, quality of care, and organizational processes are fostered by work environments that empower and engage frontline nursing staff, nursing leaders say.
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Improvements in patient safety, quality of care, and organizational processes are fostered by work environments that empower and engage frontline nursing staff, nursing leaders say.
 

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Distractions Abound. Cross Monitoring Can Help.
Even the sharpest and most dedicated clinicians can be driven to distraction when it matters most.  Focus zones and cross monitoring can help maintain patient safety.
IHI: This Way to Patient Safety
A paper from the Institute for Healthcare Improvement offers strategies aimed at advancing patient safety via leadership, teamwork, negotiation, and transparency.
Safety Engineering Meets Patient Safety via Physician Who's Been to Space
A physician leaves behind a careeer at NASA to embark on a different kind of journey—engineering improved patient safety solutions.
More Primary Care at End of Life Lowers Costs
Too many specialists overwhelm a primary care provider's ability to coordinate care and can lead to more intense, and costly treatment.
Cleveland Clinic Doctor Forced to Leave by Trump's Order
Hours after landing in New York on Saturday, a doctor at the prestigious Cleveland Clinic was forced to leave the country based on an executive order issued by President Donald Trump that bans visitors from seven predominantly Muslim countries for 90 days.
 

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How the regulatory executive order could impact healthcare agencies
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Seattle hospital staff, patients may have been exposed to tuberculosis
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Deadly mold on linens may have contributed to UPMC patient's death
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Limiting antibiotics curbs deadly hospital infections
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The heroism of incremental care
Source: The New Yorker
 

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