The latest news and analysis about patient safety and quality.
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RAND Urges More Patient Input in Hospital Rankings
Hospitals closely watch their rankings on sites like CMS's Overall Hospital Quality Star Ratings System, available on Hospital Compare, because they can have significant impact on consumer choices and even reimbursement levels.
 

News & Analysis
Online Tool Evaluates the Healthcare Team's Work Environment
A new study finds the tool has applications beyond critical-care, and is effective for assessing the health of the work environment for interprofessional patient care teams throughout a hospital's patient care settings.
How Nurses Can Prevent Social Media Mishaps
Reviewing hospital policies with their staff is one step nurse leaders can take to help prevent these types of incidents.
Q&A: Imaging Technology and Making Safety and Quality a Priority in C-suite Agendas
In this Q&A, Austin O'Connell of Philips Healthcare discusses the newest imaging technology, as well as how hospitals create a value proposition for safety and quality that resonates on the floor of the radiology department and in the boardroom.
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Improve Patient Mobility in Five Easy Steps
To address this issue and ensure patients were getting the ambulation they needed to achieve optimal outcomes, the hospital revamped its mobility program, including creation of a designated mobility team.
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Clinical Communications Quiz! How Do Your Hospital Communications Stack Up? Acing or Barely Passing?
Where does your organization stand with it’s clinical communications strategy? It is time to find out! This quiz allows you to assess how your organization is using clinical communication systems and technologies. By completing the quiz, you will also be entered into a drawing for a $100 gift card!
 

Industry Events

Sunday, 10/7 - ASHRM 2018 Annual Conference

Tuesday, 10/9 - Fundamentally Human--An Innovative Exploration of Patient Safety and Engagement

Wednesday, 10/17 - Connected Health Conference

Monday, 11/5 - NAHQ Next Annual Conference

Sunday, 12/9 - 2018 IHI National Forum on Quality Improvement in Healthcare
 

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Are You Ready? Targeting Hot Spots in Hospital Compliance

In this three-hour virtual workshop on Wednesday, September 26, learn about the hot spots in hospital compliance in such areas as ligature risk, high-level disinfection and sterilization, titration and therapeutic duplication, sterile compounding and USP 797, management of dialysis programs (including infection control), training and competencies, and common problems within the environment of care and life safety. In highlighting the top noncompliant standards, our compliance experts will take you through photographic illustrations of common problems; they’ll also help you identify the trouble areas in your hospital through an interactive process.

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