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OSHA Suspends Enforcement of its Vaccine Mandate

OSHA has suspended enforcement of its COVID-19 vaccination and testing emergency temporary standard (ETS) while the requirement is challenged in court, according to a statement on the agency’s ETS information website.

News & Analysis

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy Helps Coronavirus 'Long Haulers'

One of the more mysterious characteristics of COVID-19 is that a significant number of patients who are long haulers experience symptoms for weeks or months after recovering from the acute phase of the illness. Coronavirus long haulers have a range of physical symptoms, including cough, shortness of breath, constitutional symptoms such as numbness and tingling, cardiac issues, hair loss, and deconditioning.

An Orchestra of Care: Transparency for Patients at Home

While hesitancy to enter a nursing home during the COVID-19 pandemic was expected given the challenges the industry faced in 2020, patients expressed a growing preference for home over nursing care even pre-pandemic. This meant that the industry’s focus had to expand into home health agencies, infusion providers, non-emergency transportation, durable medical equipment and home medical equipment providers, and more.

CMS Releases its Final Guidance for Hospitals With Co-Located Services

While the memo has many of the same sections on contracted staff, emergency services and identification of shared spaces, much of the more prescriptive sections are either shortened or deleted. That includes guidance for surveyors to ask for floor plans to evaluate how patients are transported from one space to another and examples of when the use of floating nurses are in violation of CoP requirements.

PSQH: The Podcast

PSQH: The Podcast Episode 41 - The Valuable and Expanding Role of Physician Assistants

On episode 41 of PSQH: The Podcast, Dr. Dawn Morton-Rias, CEO of the National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants, talks about how the role of physician assistants has evolved over the years.

Upcoming webinar

Reimagine Patient Care and Safety, Consider a Hospital At Home

Join Rhonda Collins, Chief Nursing Officer of Vocera, on Dec. 1 as she facilitates a discussion with Sean Spina, Director of Special Projects at Royal Jubilee Hospital about one of the first Hospital at Home programs in Canada.

Industry Events

Sunday, 12/5 - IHI Forum on Quality Improvement in Health Care (virtual only)

Monday, 3/28/22 - Elevate PX: The Global Patient Experience Event

Tuesday, 4/12/22 - SHEA Spring 2022 Conference

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Soaring to Success: The Path to Developing High-Reliability Clinical Teams

Written by a former airline pilot turned nurse and a patient safety expert, this practical resource offers solutions to managing longstanding challenges in patient care by applying the practices of crew resource management. This one-of-a-kind resource uses engaging case studies and real-life examples to provide a framework for improving communication and patient safety.

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