Featured Story | | Mandatory Hospital Sepsis Protocols Save Thousands of Lives | | Sepsis develops in response to infection, and it can lead to tissue damage, organ failure, and death. Sepsis is the leading cause of in-hospital death in the United States. More than 1.7 million Americans are diagnosed with sepsis annually. |
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News & Analysis | | Managing Through the Crises of Healthcare Workplace Violence and Staffing Pressures | | With healthcare workers in short supply, hospitals are taking care of far more people with far fewer people. In the evolving workplace, effective, integrated healthcare communication technology can help bridge the gaps left by a reduced and changed workforce. It can streamline the work at the point of care for mobile clinicians, and help workers … |
| Six Strategies to Strengthen Post-COVID Infection Prevention | | Many groups are laying out strategies for better mitigating disease transmission in future pandemics, ranging from the White House’s National COVID Preparedness Plan to the Rockefeller Foundation’s Roadmap for Living With COVID. Meanwhile, Dr. Tom Talbot, chief hospital epidemiologist at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, encourages health systems to implement practices for securing more inclusive feedback, standardizing simple practices, and gauging success. |
| Teaming Up to Improve Interpersonal Communication in Healthcare | | Oklahoma State University teamed up with Crucial Learning to address interpersonal communication among its medical students in three main categories: assumptions of incompetence, poor teamwork, and disrespect. The effort focused on the seven most crucial conversations in healthcare, with the goal of empowering staff to better communicate with each other. |
| Patient Safety NOW - Nursing | | Explore nursing’s new “normal” by participating in Patient Safety NOW – Nursing, PSQH’s exclusive virtual event on May 12, 2022. Learn how your nursing leadership peers have adapted and adjusted their management methods in the wake of 2022’s healthcare sea of change. This free online summit on Thursday, May 12 will offer valuable and helpful insight as you continue to move forward. |
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