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Patient Safety Movement Announces Progress Toward Goal, Change in Leadership
Patient Safety Movement plans to continue to aggressively pursue its efforts to reduce and eliminate medical errors through aligning with healthcare leaders, doctors and nurses, patients and families, politicians, and medical technology companies.
 

News & Analysis
Regional Cardiac Arrest Centers Increase Odds of Survival
With a patient population drawn from southwestern Pennsylvania, Ohio, West Virginia, and Maryland, the researchers targeted hospitals that received cardiac arrest patients transferred from other hospitals. These "cardiac arrest receiving centers" were viewed as the best facilities locally.
Why Auditing Catheter Dislodgement is a Patient Safety Must
Dislodgement is a significant source of wasteful spending at health systems and hospitals, the author of the survey, Nancy Morneau, RN, PhD, of Hartwell Georgia-based PICC Excellence Inc., told HealthLeaders last week.
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Incoming EPA rule will change the game on hazardous waste pharmaceuticals
Under the changes first proposed in September 2015, EPA is creating a new subpart P under RCRA that manages hazardous waste pharmaceuticals across a wide array of industries, including hospitals, physician offices, ambulatory care, and other providers who “distribute, sell, or dispense pharmaceuticals, including over-the-counter pharmaceuticals, dietary supplements, homeopathic drugs, or prescription pharmaceuticals,” according to the EPA.
 

PSQI Online Spotlight
Tapping Patient Engagement to Reduce Diagnostic Errors
In this inaugural installment of PSQI Online Spotlight, we examine how patient engagement is used to cut down on diagnostic errors, which impact about 12 million adult outpatients each year. Look for this feature on the third Wednesday of every month going forward.
 

Industry Events

Tuesday, 1/29 - 2019 CMS Quality Conference

Wednesday, 1/30 - 2019 Virginia Patient Safety Summit

Thursday, 3/14 - Workplace Violence Prevention Symposium 2019

Thursday, 4/11 - IHI Summit on Improving Patient Care
 
 

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Accreditation 101: A Beginner's Guide to Hospital Survey

This February 19 webinar provides a road map for the new accreditation specialist’s education and orientation, with plenty of guidance along the way. In this 90-minute webinar, accreditation expert Heather Forbes, BSN, RN, CEN, CPhT, covers survey preparation, responding to findings, maintaining compliance, and the role of the accreditation specialist.

Conducted in clear, accessible terms, this webinar is open to anyone wanting to learn more about the accreditation process—hospital leaders, quality officers, facility directors, and nurse leaders.

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