The latest news and analysis about patient safety and healthcare quality
The latest news and analysis about patient safety and healthcare quality.
Wednesday, November 2, 2022

Featured Story

Six Low-Cost 'Action Items' to Recruit and Retain Nurses
While nearly half (46%) of the 86 respondents to the management consultant’s 2022 State of Healthcare Improvement Report say that reducing labor costs provides the greatest opportunity for cost reductions, virtually all of the respondents (98%) say they’re bumping up starting wages, 84% are offering signing bonuses, 73% are offering retention bonuses, and 47% are paying for more overtime hours.
 

News & Analysis

13.9% of Adults Who Test Positive for COVID-19 Experience Long COVID, Study Finds
The new research article, which was published by JAMA Network Open, features survey data collected from more than 16,000 adults who experienced a test-confirmed COVID-19 illness.
CMS Revises COVID-19 Vaccination Memos to Combine Survey Instructions as Infection Rates Decline
One of the revisions, highlighted in red, notes that “egregious noncompliance” such as more than half the staff unvaccinated, will be cited as a condition level deficiency. Instances of noncompliance where “good faith” efforts to comply are ongoing would only be a standard-level deficiency.
PSQH: The Podcast

PSQH: The Podcast Episode 64 – Spotlighting the Danger of Non-Ventilator Hospital-Acquired Pneumonia

On episode 64 of PSQH: The Podcast, Dian Baker, a professor at the School of Nursing, California State University, Sacramento, talks about hospital-acquired pneumonia. This episode is part of PSQH’s activities for International Infection Prevention Week.
Upcoming webinar

Results are in: First-ever survey of nurse communication using NASA TLX

We asked more than 500 nurses globally to describe a recent communication experience and rate it according to the NASA Task Load Index, a survey tool that measures workers’ task load in high-intensity jobs. On Nov. 17, Lauren Bellon, RN, BSN, Senior Clinical Executive and Liz Boehm, Executive Strategist, will provide an overview of the survey results and present strategies nurse leaders can use to improve nurse communication and create a better working environment.
Upcoming webinar

How Nurse Leaders Can Advance Excellence in Quality Improvement, High Reliability & Patient Safety

A theme within the literature on safety and nursing strongly suggests nurses are key to EVERY quality and safety initiative and EVERY aspect of the quality and safety movements in highly reliable organizations. On this Nov. 29 webinar, Dr. Diana Swihart will describe the integration of the elements of nursing leadership, quality, patient safety, and high reliability in healthcare organizations, and much more.
 

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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Product Spotlight

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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