News & Analysis | | Mayo Clinic Expert: Healthcare Leaders Play Key Role in Addressing Burnout | | Last week, Liselotte "Lotte" Dyrbye, MD, MHPE, a professor of medicine and medical education at Rochester, Minnesota–based Mayo Clinic, was one of the keynote speakers at the second national Summit on Promoting Well-Being and Resilience in Healthcare Professionals. In her presentation, Dyrbye said there are at least 14 methods to address healthcare worker burnout. |
| Healthcare Worker Well-Being and Resilience Summit: Three Big Ideas | | Victor Dzau, MD, president of the National Academy of Medicine provided an update on the organization's Action Collaborative on Clinician Well-Being and Resilience. Formed in 2017, the collaborative has launched several initiatives and resources, including resources to support clinician health and resilience during the COVID-19 pandemic, a clinician well-being knowledge hub, publications, and events and webinars. |
| Post-Pandemic: Be Prepared to Explain How You’re Going to Catch Up | | All accreditation organizations as well as CMS are working on backlogs of surveys delayed by the public health emergency (PHE) declared in March. Waivers will no longer be allowed once that PHE is lifted. As many facilities have had their hands full with patient surges from COVID-19, the illness caused by the 2019 novel coronavirus, they’ll have work to do to ensure their environment of care is brought up to speed. |
PSQH Connect Patient Safety Initiatives for Blood Clot Prevention | | With the global coronavirus pandemic causing heightened focus on patient care, we're highlighting patient safety in hospitals. A top way to avoid unnecessary complications and deaths is to work on preventing blood clots — or venous thromboembolism (VTE). |
PSQH: The Podcast PSQH: The Podcast Episode 14 - Infection Prevention During a Pandemic | | LRC Systems founder and CEO Dr. Shailesh Date talks about how U.S. hospitals have responded to COVID-19, what to expect as we enter flu season, thoughts about a potential vaccine, and the threat of co-infections. This episode was part of PSQH’s celebration of International Infection Prevention Week and is brought to you by Angelini Pharma and GOJO, the inventors of Purell. |
| Professional Development for Quality & Safety Leaders in the Era of COVID | | In this November 17th webinar, we’ll review the timeless attributes required to be a highly effective professional in quality and safety, while addressing the timely realities presented by COVID related to limited time for training, inability to travel to conferences, and the importance of keeping up with emerging topics like telehealth and COVID itself. |
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