The latest news and analysis about patient safety and healthcare quality
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News & Analysis | 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. |
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. |
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Partner with PSQH | Contact Christa Cruz to discuss sponsorship opportunities. Christa Cruz National Sales Manager PSQH 929-281-4838 ChCruz@healthleadersmedia.com | |
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