Health Populi

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

While nurses were in short supply before 2020, the coronavirus pandemic and stress on front-line health care workers exacerbated the shortage of nursing staff globally. Whether working in rural America, urban Britain, central Mumbai or suburban Auckland, the nursing profession s in a world of hurt. And this hurts Everyone.

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Briggs Healthcare

MARCH 14, 2022

Patient Safety Awareness Week is an annual recognition event intended to encourage everyone to learn more about health care safety. Patient Safety Awareness Week serves as a dedicated time and platform for growing awareness about patient safety and recognizing the work already being done.

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HIT Consultant

MARCH 19, 2024

Christine Gall, Chief Nursing Officer at Collette Health What You Should Know: – Collette Health, a provider of virtual patient observation solutions appoints Christine Gall DrPH, MS, BSN, as Chief Nursing Officer.

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HIT Consultant

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

They can also collaborate and communicate with their peers and patients efficiently and securely using EHR. There is also evidence of improved patient safety as electronic prescription and allergy tracking features in EHR systems can prevent errors and adverse events.

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Health Populi

MAY 17, 2021

The hearts and minds of nurses are fertile and inspirational sources and engines for health care innovation. This past weekend, and for the second time, I had the privilege and opportunity to be a panelist for the perennial hackathon meet-up of Nurse Hack 4 Health , sponsored by Microsoft, Johnson & Johnson, Sonnier, and DevUp.

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HIT Consultant

JULY 27, 2023

This includes nurse and clinician shortages, which persist across hospitals and health systems nationwide. About 100,000 nurses left the workforce during the pandemic, with over 600,000 reporting their intention to leave by 2027, citing stress and burnout as primary reasons. Engage your clinical workforce Ask nurses for their input.

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Patient Safety

SEPTEMBER 17, 2021

Executive Director’s Choice Award: Fall prevention is an important initiative for every hospital unit in providing excellent care. Recently, the nursing team on 3 South at Fox Chase Cancer Center reached the significant milestone of one full year—365 consecutive days—with no patient falls on their unit.

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Healthcare It News

AUGUST 1, 2024

THE LARGER TREND As AI expands in healthcare , there is an ongoing discussion about balancing its potential for improved health outcomes with concerns over labor, ethics and equity, necessitating careful regulation to prevent harm and build trust. Learn more and register.

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Patient Safety Movement

MARCH 27, 2023

Patient safety has been top-of-mind for me for decades. When I learned of the startling statistics surrounding patient deaths in hospital settings, I knew a change in patient care was imperative. Recently, I had the opportunity to deliver a keynote at the 5th Global Ministerial Summit on Patient Safety in Switzerland.

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Susan E. Mazer, Ph.D

MARCH 17, 2017

I have always wondered why patient safety is talked about by itself. As if all other procedures, policies, and practices are not about safety. And why should patient safety be separate from the patient experience? For staff, patient safety is a lot like playing in tune for a musician.

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Briggs Healthcare

MARCH 2, 2022

The purpose of this primer is to provide updated information to the patient safety community about the challenges of ensuring the safe care of older adults in Medicare and Medicaid certified nursing homes (NHs) associated with the COVID-19 pandemic, and the federal and state efforts taken to mitigate these challenges. “The

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HIT Consultant

JANUARY 10, 2023

What You Should Know: – Avel eCare, the nation’s leading provider of clinician-to-clinician telemedicine services, today announced the acquisition of NightWatch , a West Virginia-based company that provides remote pharmacy services to hospitals, clinics and nursing homes throughout the Midwest and mid-Atlantic region.

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Susan E. Mazer, Ph.D

OCTOBER 28, 2016

Note: This is a popular post from 2014 that is still relevant to the critical issue of patient safety. Florence Nightingale was not only the Mother of Modern Nursing; she also was the Mother of Healthcare Design and Patient Safety. Thus, the patient safety and quality movement was born.

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HIT Consultant

DECEMBER 5, 2023

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. This poses a significant limitation to developing standards of care for patients with diabetes.

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Patient Safety Movement

JULY 31, 2023

One of the great sources of frustration for everyone working within the field of patient safety is that many of the solutions we need to prevent harm are already available. Assessing 11 Massachusetts hospitals, it found that nearly one in four patients admitted experienced an adverse event. They are just not being used.

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Patient Safety Movement

JULY 31, 2023

One of the great sources of frustration for everyone working within the field of patient safety is that many of the solutions we need to prevent harm are already available. Assessing 11 Massachusetts hospitals, it found that nearly one in four patients admitted experienced an adverse event. They are just not being used.

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Patient Safety Movement

JUNE 1, 2023

On the first day of the Summit, global patient safety leaders call for increased urgency in reducing preventable deaths. A large proportion of patient safety problems can be eliminated. There wasn’t much thinking about patient safety in the pandemic planning that preceded Covid,” said Donaldson.

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HIT Consultant

MAY 29, 2024

A 2022 survey of 3,000 practicing nurses and doctors found that 69% were overwhelmed by the volume of patient data. Compounding this issue is the widespread prevalence of data silos in healthcare, which prevent the efficient exchange and use of data to streamline operations and coordinate patient care.

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HIT Consultant

APRIL 3, 2024

But the team won’t know unless they ask the question and delve into each piece of the patient puzzle. Using Such Questions – Along With HRO Principles – to Enhance Patient Safety To implement these beautiful questions, organizations can learn from other segments — high reliability organizations (HROs), to be exact.

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CDC

MARCH 14, 2024

Yet, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), on any given day, about 1 in 31 U.S. hospitalized patients has a healthcare-associated infection (HAI). Common HAIs include bloodstream infections, surgical site infections, catheter-associated urinary tract infections, and ventilator-associated pneumonia.

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Pro CRNA

AUGUST 14, 2024

In the end, teamwork, productivity, and patient safety are all threatened by workplace polarization. Preventing workplace polarization Creating a preferred workplace is a goal for every effective leader. Preventing political division from invading an otherwise collaborative and cohesive team takes foresight and courage.

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HIT Consultant

OCTOBER 16, 2024

Virtual nursing is particularly emphasized as critical to improving healthcare outcomes and addressing workforce shortages. AI’s role in enhancing virtual care is also a recurring theme, with discussions around using AI for staff and patient safety and operational efficiency, always with a human in the loop.

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Health Populi

APRIL 3, 2024

The phrase “patient safety” summons up a list of common sources such as medication errors, surgical errors, health care-associated infections, diagnostic errors, among other adverse events and harms people experience in the course of receiving health care. “Safety is the foundation of healthcare.

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HIT Consultant

AUGUST 7, 2024

These attacks are aimed at securing ransom payments, and can also compromise medical records and company data, cost millions for recovery and litigation, and can have deadly consequences for patients by interrupting care. Meanwhile, healthcare companies are utterly defenseless against the onslaught.

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HIT Consultant

AUGUST 16, 2021

While healthcare facilities are still dedicated to providing the best care to patients impacted by COVID-19, it is imperative that healthcare practices, especially those like skilled nursing facilities, take cybersecurity seriously to prevent data leaks, care disruption, financial setbacks, and more. About Avi Philipson.

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HIT Consultant

JUNE 27, 2023

In other cases, hospitals turn to travel nurses to alleviate understaffing, improve workflows, and reduce time spent on inefficient tasks. Such technology can unite care teams such as nurses, specialists, pharmacists, and hospital leadership.

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KHN

APRIL 29, 2022

More than four years ago, Tennessee nurse RaDonda Vaught typed two letters into a hospital’s computerized medication cabinet, selected the wrong drug from the search results, and gave a patient a fatal dose. Nurses will need to correctly spell perplexing drug names, sometimes in chaotic medical emergencies.

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Home Health Care

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Broadly, patients being discharged from the hospital to home health care will not need advanced approval. The types of care that will be impacted include physical therapy, occupational therapy, home health aide and nurse visits, and social worker visits. 1 of 2024 and for Medicare Advantage (MA) plans by 2025.

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Patient Safety Movement

APRIL 27, 2023

Join Us for the 10th Annual World Patient Safety, Science & Technology Summit, June 1-2, 2023 Join us in celebrating our 10th anniversary summit with world-renowned speakers and panelists discussing the latest challenges and solutions in patient safety. Organ donation is a selfless gift to those with organ failure.

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Patient Safety Movement

JANUARY 1, 2023

There were several key changes this year for the Patient Safety Movement Foundation. Along with our Founder, Joe Kiani, we are laser focused on achieving a safer healthcare system, with zero preventable harm—both for patients and clinicians. We hope you will consider supporting the Patient Safety Movement Foundation.

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Patient Safety Movement

MAY 18, 2023

The First Post-Covid In-Person World Patient Safety, Science & Technology Summit June 1-2, 2023 – Newport Beach, California Please join us at the 10th Annual World Patient Safety, Science & Technology Summit. The Summit’s focus is on eliminating preventable harm for both patients and healthcare workers.

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Cloud Blogs

OCTOBER 20, 2022

Doctors experiencing burnout are twice as likely to be involved in patient safety incidents, including medication errors and substandard care. This, in turn, leads to a sharp decline in patient satisfaction. Detect and prevent fraudulent claims and other abuses based on behavioral patterns.

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Patient Safety Movement

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

Lam, PharmD, offers unique insights on patient safety from a pharmacist’s perspective. Dr. Burns is President of the Society for the Advancement of Patient Blood Management and Chief Medical Officer and Co-Founder of Collaborative Clinical Consultants, LLC. Of the seven resulting deaths, one was deemed preventable.

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Patient Safety Movement

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

Joe’s passion for patient safety has been a driving force behind breakthrough developments in medical innovation at the company he founded, Masimo. These efforts are intended to complement previous investments in services to prevent unnecessary nursing home admissions and help nursing home residents transition back home when possible.

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Patient Safety Movement

DECEMBER 1, 2022

And it’s largely preventable—if not the disease itself (in the case of Type 2 diabetes) then at least the most severe outcomes. The patient is the most important member of their own healthcare team, as diabetes treatment involves a lot of self-care and preventative lifestyle choices.

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Patient Safety Movement

APRIL 1, 2023

Save the Date: June 1-2, 2023 10th Annual World Patient Safety, Science & Technology Summit The 10-year anniversary marks professionals like you making a significant difference in eliminating preventable medical errors. Patient Safety Leadership Award Recognition Joe Kiani Receives the 2023 Robert L.

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Pro CRNA

MAY 13, 2024

However, when tension and anger are everyday occurrences, morale is destroyed, and patient safety suffers. Therefore, the key to maintaining self-control when stressed is to be aware that you are stressed and actively keep the thinking brain in action thus preventing a takeover by the amygdala. Dealing with people who are angry.

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