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OSHA's Regulatory Plans for 2023

Labor Secretary Marty Walsh recently confirmed that three OSHA healthcare rulemakings are priorities for the Labor Department: a permanent healthcare COVID-19 standard, a proposed infectious disease standard, and a rulemaking to address workplace violence in health care and social services.

News & Analysis

Overcoming Social Determinants of Health to Improve Medication Adherence

The healthcare industry still has a medication adherence problem. It’s come up time and time again in recent years, but progress is slow, particularly among patients living in pharmacy deserts or facing other geographic or socioeconomic challenges. Meanwhile, avoidable medical costs due to nonadherence make up 20% of healthcare spending in the U.S. How can technology address these gaps?

2023 and Beyond: Where Technology in Healthcare Is Headed

The digital transformation in healthcare is happening now. As we enter 2023, the question inevitably comes up: What’s next? Healthcare organizations have already had a plethora of new options and technologies arise from the COVID-19 pandemic, specifically regarding safety and telehealth. How will these continue to evolve during the upcoming year?

High Reliability: What Healthcare Can Take From Aviation

Indiana-based Parkview Health, a soon-to-be nine-hospital system with over 160 physician offices scattered throughout Indiana and Ohio, has been using concepts from the aviation industry to build its own culture of compliance, safety, and security. After all, healthcare is no stranger to the same contributing factors that led to the Tenerife disaster.

PSQH: The Podcast

PSQH: The Podcast Episode 70 – Using Technology to Get Complete Medication Histories

On episode 70 of PSQH: The Podcast, Chris Roark, Chief Information Officer of Stillwater Medical Center, talks about using technology to get complete medication histories.

Upcoming webinar

Are You Focusing on the Right Errors? The Fine Art of Prioritizing Your Incident Reports

In this Jan. 31 session, speaker Ken Rohde will focus on multiple approaches to prioritize where you make your improvement actions and how you can build an “Improvement Portfolio” that is cost effective, regulatorily aware and defensible to your leadership.

Industry Events

Thursday, 2/16 - International Conference on Patient Safety in Healthcare

Saturday, 3/4 - 2023 World Patient Safety, Science & Technology Summit

Tuesday, 4/11 - SHEA Spring 2023 Conference

Product Spotlight

Drug Diversion Prevention in Healthcare, Second Edition

Drug Diversion Prevention in Healthcare, Second Edition is loaded with tools and info showing you how to make a solid prevention plan. This edition also contains case studies and real-life examples of how healthcare staff diverted drugs, how they were caught, and the steps taken afterwards.

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