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The Surgical Safety Huddle: A Novel Quality Improvement Patient Safety Initiative

Patient Safety

Transfer to intensive care unit >6 hours Methods: Surgical inpatients from a variety of surgical specialties (general, vascular, breast, colorectal, hepatobiliary, and plastic surgery) in a large university teaching hospital were included.

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Quality Improvement: Eliminating the Silo Effect in Healthcare Organizations

HIT Consultant

In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic , the pressure has only accelerated; improvement in patient outcomes now can mean the difference between viability and non-viability for a hospital system. Collaboration is key to the ability to improve patient outcomes.

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Health Care Paradox: Medicare Penalizes Dozens of Hospitals It Also Gives Five Stars

KHN

The federal government has penalized 764 hospitals — including more than three dozen it simultaneously rates as among the best in the country — for having the highest numbers of patient infections and potentially avoidable complications.

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Improving Communication From Hospital to Skilled Nursing Facility Through Standardized Hand-Off: A Quality Improvement Project

Patient Safety

Background: Inadequate hand-off communication from hospital to skilled nursing facility (SNF) hinders SNF nurses’ ability to prepare for specific patient needs, including prescriptions for critical medications, such as controlled medications and intravenous (IV) antibiotics, resulting in delayed medication administration.

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AMA, Brigham and Women's, Joint Commission target equity, quality & safety

Healthcare It News

The American Medical Association this week, along with Boston's Brigham and Women's Hospital and the Joint Commission, announced the launch of a new learning network to help U.S. health systems approach their quality improvement and patient safety practices with health equity top of mind. WHY IT MATTERS.

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How Hospitals Can Overcome the Challenges of Diabetes Management

HIT Consultant

Jordan Messler, MD, SFHM, FACP, Chief Medical Officer at Glytec The modern-day hospital is grappling with an alarming trend. Hospitals and health systems have long understood the need to reduce preventable hypoglycemia, yet despite a renewed sense of urgency, many of them lack comprehensive glycemic management measures that can drive success.

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#JHMChat: Handling Patient Safety Events With a Focus on Just Culture, Not Prosecution

Hospital Medicine

Over 20 years after the landmark National Academy of Medicine (NAM) report To Err is Human and over a decade after Peter Pronovost catapulted the scientific approach to patient safety, [.].