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Newsletter Articles | Coronavirus fears drive medication adherence ups and downs | The cost of poor medication adherence is tremendous—nearly $177 billion each year in direct and indirect healthcare costs—but the cost of nonadherence during the COVID-19 pandemic has the potential to be much higher. Medication nonadherence can drive up otherwise avoidable hospital admissions, burdening healthcare systems already struggling to care for coronavirus patients and putting other patients at greater risk of contracting COVID-19. |
How to update your restraint and seclusion policy | Kevin Ann Huckshorn, PhD, MSN, RN, CADC, ICRC, a national behavioral health consultant with years of experience in hospital settings and now the director of evidence-based practices and programs for Wellpath Recovery Solutions, spoke to Patient Safety Monitor Journal on how to keep your policy up to date. |
Stroke survival rates drop precipitously in remote areas | Compared with patients hospitalized in urban areas, however, the study found that the risk of death was about 5% higher for patients hospitalized in large towns (with populations of 250,000 to 1 million people), 10% higher for patients in small towns (with populations of 50,000 to 250,000), 16% higher for patients in rural areas (with populations of 10,000 to 50,000) and 21% higher for patients in remote rural areas (with populations of less than 10,000). |
Physician shortage projected to worsen through 2033 | The projected shortage of physicians is worsening. Last year, the AAMC projected the shortfall of physicians at as many as 122,000 by 2032. The new report released today projects the shortfall at as many as 139,000 physicians by 2033. |
Q&A: Many hospitals still don’t have drug diversion programs | The following Q&A resulted from a conversation PSQH had with Tom Knight, CEO of Georgia-based Invistics, a provider of cloud-based software solutions that improve healthcare inventory visibility and analytics across complex healthcare systems and global supply chains. Invistics commissioned a study by Porter Research revealing that while nearly all healthcare professionals agree that drug diversion is occurring across the country, two out of five hospitals still do not have effective drug diversion prevention programs in place. |
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| Drug Diversion Prevention in Healthcare, Second Edition | The theft of drugs and medicines by staff has vexed the healthcare industry for centuries —and with the opioid epidemic diversion the stakes are higher than ever. Drug Diversion Prevention in Healthcare, Second Edition is loaded with tools and info showing you how to make a solid prevention plan. This new edition also contains case studies and real-life examples of how healthcare staff diverted drugs, how they were caught, and the steps taken afterwards. Written by diversion prevention expert Kim New, this book is designed to help nursing, patient safety, and hospital security officials foster awareness of drug diversion, fight the “it can’t happen here” mentality, keep staff accountable, and monitor and audit the drugs moving through your facility to ensure they reach the right patient. Order today at https://hcmarketplace.com/drug-diversion-prevention | |
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