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Technology and Automation to Help Prevent Staff Burnout

With greater burden on staff and a rising shortage of personnel, organizations are turning to technology to alleviate the stressors that are driving staff away or preventing them from practicing at the top of their license. One way they’re accomplishing this is automating tasks wherever possible. In fact, McKinsey says that roughly a third of all healthcare provider tasks are automatable.

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Joint Commission’s Psychiatric Hospital Accreditation Program Approved for Another 6 Years

CMS required the accrediting organization to increase training of its surveyors, as well as make other procedural changes, to ensure TJC was aligned with the federal agency’s oversight of psychiatric hospitals, according to an announcement in the Federal Register, scheduled to be published on February 27.

Delivering Better Care in a More Cost-Effective Way With Point-of-Care Ultrasound

Enhanced handheld POCUS devices are simpler and less expensive than traditional ultrasound solutions, so healthcare facilities that start using POCUS will see significant cost savings when deploying the devices. Their simplicity also allows more hospitals to adopt ultrasound and offer it to more patients, which can improve the overall patient experience and health outcomes.

Engineering With Empathy: Medtech's Missing Piece in the OR

The conversation around applying empathy in patient care commonly includes patient-facing clinicians, but it is time for that conversation to extend to product developers and engineers in medical technology companies. Many organizations are already incorporating patient-centered principles in their approach, but there is an opportunity to delve deeper.

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PSQH: The Podcast Episode 73 - New CMS Guidance on Workplace Violence in Healthcare

On episode 73 of PSQH: The Podcast, Adrian Arriaga, Healthcare Safety and Security Advising Partner for GHX, talks about new CMS guidance on dealing with workplace violence in healthcare.

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

Tuesday, 4/11 - SHEA Spring 2023 Conference

Monday, 5/22 - IHI Patient Safety Congress 2023

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Drug Diversion Prevention in Healthcare, Second Edition

Drug Diversion Prevention in Healthcare, Second Edition is loaded with tools and info showing you how to make a solid prevention plan. This edition also contains case studies and real-life examples of how healthcare staff diverted drugs, how they were caught, and the steps taken afterwards.

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