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Wednesday, November 30, 2022

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Second Year of Coronavirus Pandemic Took Heavy Toll on Clinicians
The new study, which was published last week by JAMA Health Forum, is based on survey data collected from more than 20,000 clinicians. The survey data was collected between February 2019 and December 2021.
 

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Presbyterian Healthcare Services CMO Talks Strategy, Patient Safety, and Workforce
Mitchell leads more than 1,100 physicians and advanced practice clinicians. He also provides clinical oversight for the Albuquerque, New Mexico­—based health system's medical staff operations at nine hospitals. HealthLeaders recently talked with him about a range of topics, including clinical leadership at PHS, healthcare worker burnout, patient safety at PHS, and workforce shortages.
New Handbook Tackles Workplace Violence Prevention in Healthcare
The Crisis Prevention Institute has published the Workplace Violence Prevention Handbook, a free resource detailing recommendations and strategies to help healthcare professionals across the board improve their organizations’ workplace violence prevention programming.
A Virtual Second Opinion Can Save Your Life
Your loved one is likely already receiving high-quality medical care for their condition. However, there may be times when you or your loved one desires a second opinion, like Dan. Perhaps your loved one has a condition that, despite treatment, isn’t improving or is getting worse; perhaps they have been diagnosed with a serious or rare health condition or have been told their condition is not treatable; perhaps they are facing treatment that involves significant risks, such as surgery or chemotherapy.
Share Your Innovative Quality Improvement Ideas
Patient Safety & Quality Healthcare is seeking to spotlight the best healthcare quality improvement case studies. By imparting their in-the-trenches experiences and lessons learned, the chosen case studies will shed light on an issue, practice, or principle that affects stakeholders across the modern medical staff landscape.
PSQH: The Podcast

PSQH: The Podcast Episode 66 – Preventing Duplicate Patient Records

On episode 66 of PSQH: The Podcast, Gregg Church, president of 4medica, talks about how to prevent duplicate patient records.
Upcoming webinar

Fireside Chat: Patient Safety and Workforce Retention

This Dec. 20 fireside chat with Patricia McGaffigan, RN, MS, CPPS, vice president, Institute for Healthcare Improvement, will look at the current state of healthcare safety, the challenges that must be overcome, what needs to be done to maintain a healthy work environment, and how organizations can improve worker retention.
 

Industry Events

Sunday, 12/4 - IHI Forum on Quality Improvement in Health Care

Tuesday, 12/13 - IHI Forum (Online)

Thursday, 2/16/23 - International Conference on Patient Safety in Healthcare

Saturday, 3/4/23 - 2023 World Patient Safety, Science & Technology Summit

 

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Building a High-Reliability Organization: A Toolkit for Success, Second Edition

This book looks at the role leadership played in transforming their facilities into high-reliability organizations (HRO). By implementing top-down processes that translate throughout the organization, leaders can create environments that foster high reliability, patient safety, and care. Through the use of checklists, the authors demonstrate how situational awareness and structure can be created, leading to the HRO goal of preventing adverse events and errors.

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