Featured Story | | CEOs Make Healthcare Worker Safety a Top Priority | | Healthcare settings pose several safety concerns for caregivers and other staff members. The dangers include emotional and psychological harm, hazards such as contaminated sharp objects, and workplace violence. The CEO Coalition's Declaration of Principles focuses on three areas of healthcare worker safety. The CEO Coalition features the top executives at 10 healthcare organizations, including Cleveland Clinic, Henry Ford Health System, SSM Health, and UCLA Hospital System. |
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News & Analysis | | Nearly Half of Hospitalized COVID-19 Patients Discharged in Declining Shape | | Nearly half of COVID-19 patients left the hospital with significant functional decline post-discharge, a new study from Michigan Medicine found. Of those survivors who suffered functional decline, 80% were referred for additional therapy after discharge. Nearly 20% of all patients declined to the point that they were no longer able to live independently. |
| New Toolkit Aids Nurse Leaders in Reestablishing Family-Presence Policies | | The Family Presence Policy Decision-Making Toolkit for Nurse Leaders, a free resource, was developed by a stakeholder group consisting of nurses, healthcare executives, quality and safety experts, and patients and family caregivers convened by Planetree International, a not-for-profit organization that partners with healthcare organizations to create cultures of person-centered care. |
| Conducting Field Visits During COVID-19 | | Shannon Ford, senior manager of human-centered design with Alluma, spoke at Health Experience Design 2021 recently to discuss how her team used technology and adaptability to conduct field visits when in-person observation became untenable. The field visits were part of in-context observation, shadowing, and interviews, all meant to help put together an application and implementation enrollment process for a healthcare coverage system. |
| The Impact of Telehealth on Patient Safety and Quality | | The use of telehealth grew dramatically over the last year as healthcare providers worked to stay in touch with patients while also reducing the number of in-person visits due to COVID-19. This June 30 presentation will examine the history and growth of telehealth over the years, focus on its current usage as the pandemic begins to wane throughout the country, and analyze the strengths, weaknesses, potential, and risks of telehealth going forward. |
Sponsored content 3 Ways You Can Empower Your Nurses | | In the field of nursing, self-empowerment is more than just a feel-good concept. While empowerment in other occupations can result in greater job satisfaction and a heightened sense of professional worth, in nursing it’s a different matter. This content is presented in partnership with Strategic Education, Inc. and Capella University. |
| Use of Evidence-Based Practice in Administration of Intravenous Push Medications | | IV push medications can be particularly dangerous given their immediate bioavailability, the narrow therapeutic dose range, and the difficulty in reversing systemic effects after IV administration (ISMP, 2015). The use of evidence-based practice is especially important in IVP administration because of the potential for harm. This content is presented in partnership with Fresenius-Kabi. |
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| Product Spotlight | | 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. Order now! |
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