Becker's Hospital Review

5 Keys to Implementing Patient Safety Programs

The recent decision by CMS to not reimburse for medical services related to certain preventable healthcare-acquired conditions has led many hospitals to try to implement effective patient safety ...
Medscape

Development and Implementation of a Pediatric Patient Safety Program

Patient safety is one of the greatest imperatives in healthcare today; however, there are many obstacles that must be overcome to make the healthcare system truly safe. This article describes one ...
Becker's Hospital Review

5 patient safety achievements at Ascension

Patient safety achievements Ascension include preventing thousands of deaths and lowering infection rates across its 90 hospitals since 2021.
HealthLeaders Media

How Do You Gain a CFO's Support for Quality and Patient Safety Programs?

As more hospitals cut their budgets, it's important for staff members who work in quality and patient safety to understand what points to illustrate when making a case for joining a new initiative, ...
American Hospital Association

Chair File: Hospital Teams Across the Country Are Advancing Patient Safety

This week, March 8-14, is Patient Safety Awareness Week. Delivering safe, quality care to all patients is the top priority ...
Health Affairs

Patient Safety In Inpatient Psychiatry: A Remaining Frontier For Health Policy

Morgan C. Shields ([email protected]) is a PhD student and NIAAA fellow at the Institute for Behavioral Health, Heller School for Social Policy and Management, Brandeis University, in Waltham, ...
HealthLeaders Media

Evidence-Based Fall Program Saved Eight Hospitals $22M Over Five Years

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services do not reimburse fall-related costs, so falls represent a significant cost burden for hospitals. In a new study at two health systems, the average total ...
Business Wire

Empowering Patient Safety: HD Nursing Partners with CPR Marketing for National Impact

BENTON, Ark.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--HD Nursing, the leading patient safety solution that combines predictive analytics with individualized fall and pressure injury prevention, announces its collaborative ...
Fierce Healthcare

Biden administration unveils multi-agency patient safety programs, industry commitments

The Biden administration met World Patient Safety Day with a blitz of new programs, panel discussions and commitments from government agencies as well as healthcare industry organizations all focused ...
USA Today

Prioritizing Patient Safety and Quality in a Virtual Environment

Patient safety sets the foundation for a safe, equitable, trustworthy care experience — regardless of whether you’re operating in a virtual health system or a physical one. And yet, despite increased ...
Forbes

Patient Safety And Quality In A Virtual Environment: 3 Questions You Should Ask Your Telehealth Partner

Patient safety sets the foundation for a safe, equitable, trustworthy care experience – regardless of whether you’re operating in a virtual health system, or a physical one. And yet, despite increased ...
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Patient Safety Officer earns credential

Ofelia O’Donnell is very humble and shy, but recently she obtained a vital credential award by Certification Board for Professionals in Patient Safety (CBPPS) that left her speechless. O’Donnell has ...