Hospitals must report adverse actions taken against the privileges of a physician or dentist to the National Practitioner Data Bank. They may choose to report actions against the privileges of other healthcare providers, but reporting is not required.

One of the critical relationships in the life of any healthcare facilities or safety professional is the one with your chief financial officer (CFO), which, if you think about it, is much like marriage—particularly the “for richer or for poorer” part. Not to belabor the obvious, but just about everything that we do costs money. To paraphrase, there is no such thing as free, safe operations (or lunch).

Sometimes disasters mean being on the go while evacuating the hospital. Sometimes staff and patients have to shelter in place. That is why it is important to create easy to store and quick to move disaster kits to provide staff items they may need in an emergency. In the wake of a tornado in May 2013 that devastated one of its hospitals, in Moore, Oklahoma., the disaster preparedness team at Norman Regional Health System in Oklahoma created disaster kits to provide critical supplies for staff “on the go” in an emergency.

What is meant by the phrase “supporting situational awareness”? It’s simple: Healthcare leaders must understand the critical link between situational awareness and clinical decision-making.

Hospitals are increasingly adopting technologies that improve efficiency and make life easier for case managers—at least in theory.

Summer is officially over, and the clocks will fall back an hour this upcoming weekend. It’s a time of transition as people bring out their fall clothes, enjoy spiced drinks, and ready themselves for colder weather and longer nights. It’s also time for your laboratory and staff to make the needed safety changes and preparations for fall if you haven’t already.