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For every new healthcare regulation, two must be removed

On January 30, President Trump signed a new executive order declaring a “one-in, two-out” rule for healthcare regulations. Under the executive order, for a new healthcare regulation to be implemented two older regulations will have to be eliminated.

Newsletter Articles

Emergency preparedness planning: Biological and chemical response

Emergencies that introduce contamination into a hospital require a special type of planning

New drug diversion prevention tactics suggested for healthcare facilities

Pharmacy group issues nationwide guidelines for stopping diversion of controlled substances

Surviving and protecting your facility in the event of an active shooter incident

Author Lisa Pryse Terry discusses the importance of training and protocols to help your staff maintain order and protect patients in the event of a shooting in your facility.


 

Marketing Spotlight

Webinar: How Parkland Health & Hospital System Successfully Implemented a Suicide Risk Screening Program

Date: Tuesday, February 7,
1:00-2:30 p.m. EST

Presented by:
Kimberly Roaten, PhD, CRC
Celeste Johnson, DNP, APRN, PMH CNS


Level of Program: Intermediate

Summary: Suicides were the third most common sentinel event of 2015. Universal screening is the best strategy to identify patients in general healthcare settings whose suicide risk would otherwise go undetected. This webinar will take a case study approach to bring to light proven methods to reduce patient suicide.

Join Parkland Health and Hospital System expert speakers Kimberly Roaten, PhD, CRC, and Celeste Johnson, DNP, APRN, PMH CNS, as they explain how Parkland became the first in the nation to establish a universal suicide screening program in all its departments. Parkland was recognized in Sentinel Event Alert 56 for making significant progress in suicide prevention. Roaten and Johnson will discuss processes for implementation, strategies to obtain support, universal screening data, and lessons learned from implementation.

At the conclusion of this program, participants will be able to:

  • Discuss the process for implementation of a hospitalwide suicide screening protocol
  • Describe strategies for obtaining nursing and physician stakeholder support for universal suicide screening
  • Describe the prevalence data collected from the first two years of a universal screening program
  • Apply lessons learned from the implementation of the program in a large hospital system
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