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Celebrating International Infection Prevention Week with news and analysis about patient safety and healthcare quality.
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Featured Story
AORN Updates Skin Antisepsis Guidelines: What This Means for Organizations
The AORN recently updated its guidelines for antisepsis and nasal decolonization. These updates lend weight to long-held practices and offer guidance toward safer pre-surgical and preoperative care. But what impact will they have on your organization? Download now to learn more about how these changes represent the incorporation of a very comprehensive bundle of care in the pre-procedural setting!
 

News & Analysis
Weighting Changes to CAHPS: The 2021 Scramble
Patient experience is defined by CAHPS surveys—regardless of size, each Medicare Advantage plan will have 800 members surveyed about their experience with the plan, the providers, and the prescription drug program. All eight survey measures that count toward the patient experience rating have quadrupled in weight.
Banner Health Case Studies
In 2018, Banner brought together a data analyst, nurse communicator, OR specialist, and supply chain contracts lead to form the Surgical and Procedural Value and Alignment Program (SPVAP). In a little more than three years, SPVAP has successfully taken on tough challenges and delivered millions in documented savings—all while helping surgeons improve the level of patient care.
PSQH: The Podcast

PSQH: The Podcast Episode 38 - AI and the New Agile Hospital
On episode 38 of PSQH: The Podcast, Dr. Will O’Connor, chief medical information officer of TigerConnect, talks about how technology is changing the way healthcare organizations collaborate and communicate.
Upcoming virtual event

Patient Safety NOW - Infection Prevention and Control
Patient Safety Now is PSQH’s exclusive online summit taking place on October 20, 2021. To celebrate International Infection Prevention Week, this free event features sessions on topics including antibiotic stewardship, reducing healthcare-associated infections, and infection prevention strategies.
Sponsored content

Plant the Seeds of Change with Just-in-Time Coaching
Hand hygiene has been recognized as one of the most important measures to reduce germs in healthcare facilities, and educating healthcare workers to the basic fundamentals has become a cornerstone of hand hygiene programs. This content is presented in partnership with GOJO, the makers of Purell.
 

Industry Events

Thursday, 10/28 - Healthcare Quality and Safety Conference (virtual)

Friday, 11/5 - Medication Safety in Transitions of Care (virtual)

Sunday, 12/5 - IHI Forum on Quality Improvement in Health Care (virtual only)
 

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Product Spotlight

The CMS Compliance Crosswalk, 2021 Edition

The CMS Compliance Crosswalk, 2021 Edition, shows you how to comply with each Condition of Participation (CoP) set forth by CMS and highlights which requirements from The Joint Commission and other accrediting organizations correspond to individual CoPs.

 

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PSQH Innovation Awards

We are very excited to announce the 2022 PSQH Innovation Awards are now open!

This award is focused on spotlighting the best healthcare quality innovation case studies. By imparting their in-the-trenches experiences and lessons learned, the chosen case studies will shed light on an issue, practice, or principle that affects stakeholders across the modern medical staff landscape. Learn more about the PSQH Innovation Awards.