Health Care Dive

JUNE 6, 2022

The CMS is the only source for this data, and without it the public will not have information on preventable complications such as bed sores, inpatient falls that result in a broken hip, or sepsis, Leapfrog executives said.

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PDC Healthcare

DECEMBER 12, 2023

In the fast-paced world of healthcare, precision and accuracy are vital in preventing medical errors and providing the highest quality of patient care. Seemingly small but pivotal elements in this are Patient ID Bands and Medical Labels.

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Health Care Dive

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Incidents of falls and trauma and of objects unintentionally left in a body after surgery decreased by about 25% since 2012, according to the group that assigns letter grades to hospitals.

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HIT Consultant

OCTOBER 30, 2024

Their flagship product, the Soteria Bed Barrier, gained FDA clearance in late 2022, serving as a robust solution to prevent mattress soiling, curb infection spread, and extend mattress life. The Soteria Bed Barrier fully envelops both mattress and bed frame, preventing fluid penetration and simplifying cleaning protocols.

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HIT Consultant

MARCH 13, 2023

What You Should Know: – The pediatric mental health crisis is named the number one patient safety concern, according to ECRI’s 2023 list of most pressing patient safety concerns. Here are the top 10 patient safety concerns for 2023: 1.

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Briggs Healthcare

JUNE 2, 2022

Despite substantial effort over the past 20 years, preventable harm in health care remains a major concern in the United States. Reducing preventable harm requires a concerted, persistent, coordinated effort by all stakeholders, and a total systems approach to safety. Ensure safety is a demonstrated core value.

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Healthcare It News

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

Mike Brandofino, Caregility’s President and COO, talks about the benefits of bedside telehealth technology and how health systems can scale telehealth at the point of care.

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CDC

OCTOBER 18, 2022

Patient safety is an urgent, global public health concern, While many would agree this is accurate, we should take it a step further and define it as “a discipline and a responsibility in the healthcare sector.”

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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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CDC

MARCH 15, 2023

This blog is a part of a series that CDC launched to highlight the importance of patient safety by providing educational information and simple ways to help people stay informed on public safety topics. Moss, to learn more about the importance of patient engagement in infection prevention.

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Patient Safety Movement

APRIL 18, 2023

–( BUSINESS WIRE )–The Patient Safety Movement Foundation celebrates their 10 th anniversary with an in-person summit that brings together world renowned experts to discuss today’s challenges and solutions in patient safety. IRVINE, Calif.–( Anthony Staines, Ph.D.,

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Patient Safety Blog

JANUARY 12, 2023

The PRISMA (Prevention and Recovering Information System for Monitoring and Analysis) incident analysis method is a widely used method for analyzing and uncovering the root causes of incidents.

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Patient Safety Movement

JULY 28, 2023

Patient safety is an urgent national public health issue. 1A: Appoint a Patient Safety Coordinator Reporting to the President on Efforts to Transform Patient Safety Among All Relevant Government Agencies. As many measures as possible should be generated from real-time automated electronic health data.

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Patient Safety Movement

JULY 28, 2023

Patient safety is an urgent national public health issue. 1A: Appoint a Patient Safety Coordinator Reporting to the President on Efforts to Transform Patient Safety Among All Relevant Government Agencies. As many measures as possible should be generated from real-time automated electronic health data.

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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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CDC

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

For most people, the immune system kills the bacteria and prevents them from causing infection somewhere else in the body. Taking an antibiotic to prevent an infection is called antibiotic prophylaxis [PDF – 1 Page].

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Patient Safety Movement

MARCH 30, 2023

–( BUSINESS WIRE )–Joe Kiani, founder of the Patient Safety Movement Foundation (PSMF), has been awarded the 2023 Robert L. Wears Patient Safety Leadership Award in the individual category, along with Dr. Kathryn Kellogg, Vice President for Patient Safety at the MedStar Institute for Quality & Safety.

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Patient Safety Movement

JUNE 2, 2023

President Clinton calls for a culture of conversion to promote patient safety in healthcare. June 2, 2023 — President Bill Clinton, 42nd President of the United States, headlined day two of the 10th Annual World Patient Safety, Science & Technology Summit, presented by the Patient Safety Movement Foundation (PSMF).

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Patient Safety Movement

JUNE 2, 2023

President Clinton calls for a culture of conversion to promote patient safety in healthcare. June 2, 2023 — President Bill Clinton, 42nd President of the United States, headlined day two of the 10th Annual World Patient Safety, Science & Technology Summit, presented by the Patient Safety Movement Foundation (PSMF).

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Beterra

JULY 10, 2024

Patient safety is a critical component of healthcare quality. Despite significant advancements, preventable harm remains a significant concern in healthcare settings. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has proposed a new Patient Safety Structural Measure (PSSM) to improve patient safety in hospital settings.

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HIT Consultant

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

What You Should Know: – Inovalon , a provider of cloud-based healthcare data analytics solutions, announced today the acquisition of VigiLanz , a prominent provider of SaaS-based clinical surveillance and patient safety software.

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Readiness Rounds

OCTOBER 19, 2022

Therefore, these data are not an epidemiologic data set and no conclusions should be drawn about the actual relative frequency of events or trends in events over time.” ( The Joint Commission, 2016 ) This disclaimer is cause for me to ask what the real numbers are and really how many patients are at risk annually in our nation’s hospitals?

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Bill Of Health

OCTOBER 28, 2022

A fundamental issue in England’s National Health Service (NHS) patient safety culture development, however, is whether health care staff implement the necessary communication changes in light of adverse health care events. About 500 times each year we are not preventing the preventable.

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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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Briggs Healthcare

MARCH 9, 2022

March 8, 2022 – As the world enters the third year of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC) is issuing an urgent call-to-action to shore up the nation’s infection prevention and control (IPC) infrastructure. Arlington, Va.,

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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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Briggs Healthcare

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare Patient safety research is growing, spanning across more healthcare settings, and considers a wide array of contextual factors. However, threats to patient safety are still emerging and evolving in a dynamic world.

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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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Briggs Healthcare

MAY 9, 2023

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare Registration is open for a Preventing Workplace Violence webinar on June 27, 2023 from 2 to 3 p.m. ET featuring Cammie Chaumont Menendez, Ph.D., In an April 25, 2023 webinar that kicked off the series, AHRQ Director Robert Otto Valdez, Ph.D.,

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PDC Healthcare

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Each patient has an EMR (Electronic Medical Record), which needs to be updated each time a patient needs care. Implementing a scannable barcode system enables caregivers the ability to quickly scan a ID […] The post Preventing Barcode Errors in Healthcare appeared first on connectID - PDC Healthcare Blog.

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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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HIT Consultant

MARCH 14, 2023

Patients harmed by medical malpractice may suffer from physical and emotional pain, financial loss, and other damages that severely impact their quality of life. This article will examine some of the causes of medical malpractice and outline steps to prevent its occurrence. The following steps can help in achieving this goal.

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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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Healthcare It News

NOVEMBER 10, 2024

The project is part of a rural community preventive health initiative by the Primary Health Network, in partnership with Hunter New England and Central Coast Primary Health Network and the University of New England.

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HIT Consultant

AUGUST 21, 2023

These demographic trends are causing shifts within the healthcare sector and resulting in increased expenditure associated with the costs of treatment and prevention in old age. Both a lack of clinical engagement and inadequate resources are two often-cited areas that prevent better integration of otherwise promising digital solutions.

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Healthcare It News

MAY 3, 2023

"Infections like these can be life or death for some patients. We recognize the tremendous strain the pandemic put on hospitals and their workforce, but alarming findings like these indicate hospitals must recommit to patient safety and build more resilience."

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