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Adopting Gold-Standard Procedures During COVID-19

Out of necessity, the medical community has made do with remote learning during COVID-19, whether that’s through Zoom®, Webex®, or other online platforms.

News & Analysis

Cleveland Clinic's Virtual Second Opinion Program Changes Medical Treatment

In the 18 months since Cleveland Clinic launched its virtual second opinion program, The Clinic, 72% of cases have resulted in changes to patient's treatment plans, and 28% of the time there has been a change in diagnosis.

FDA Says to Decrease Reuse of Devices, CMS Removes Some Blanket Waivers

Be aware that as COVID-19 cases are declining and vaccination rates are climbing, the emergency waivers and measures approved by the federal government to get through the public health emergency (PHE) will be changing. The FDA sent a notice to hospitals and others April 9 encouraging healthcare organizations to start moving away from the emergency measures taken to preserve and reuse medical devices and other supplies early in the PHE.

Remote Patient Monitoring Brings Hospital-Quality Care to the Home

While Hospital at Home may sound like a direct reaction to the pandemic, the concept was originally developed in the mid-1990s by Dr. John Burton of the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine and Dr. Donna Regenstreif of the John A. Hartford Foundation. Their goal, which was established roughly a decade before the introduction of the Institute for Healthcare Improvement’s Triple Aim, was to safely bring down the cost of acute care while improving outcomes and increasing patient satisfaction.

PSQH: The Podcast

PSQH: The Podcast Episode 26 - How Healthcare Facility Design Can Improve Patient Safety

On episode 26 of PSQH: The Podcast, Dr. Tom Schwieterman, vice president of clinical affairs and chief medical officer of Midmark, talks about how healthcare facility design can help improve patient safety.

Upcoming webinar

Hand Hygiene: No Time for Pandemic Fatigue

Everyone in healthcare, whether frontline staff or providers of ancillary services, must consistently perform hand hygiene. How do we achieve compliance with this basic practice of infection prevention? This April 29 presentation will focus on proper hand hygiene protocols and why consistent hand hygiene is so important in this time of COVID-19 pandemic fatigue.

Industry Events

Friday, 4/30 - ABQAURP's 43rd Annual Health Care Quality & Patient Safety Conference

Tuesday, 5/11 - 2021 IHI Patient Safety Congress (virtual)

Monday, 6/28 - APIC 2021

Monday, 8/9 - HIMSS21 Global Health Conference & Exhibition

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Analyzing the Hospital Life Safety Survey, Fourth Edition

Life safety expert and independent consultant Brad Keyes, CHSP, provides a practical, strategic approach to the life safety survey process. He walks you through a room-by-room, floor-by-floor analysis of the life safety measures you must have in place to avoid costly citations. The book simplifies Joint Commission standards and CMS requirements and focuses on ways to pass your next life safety survey.

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