Patient Service: Standards and Practices for Excellence in the COVID-19 Era

PSQH: Patient Safety & Quality Healthcare, July 3, 2020

During the pandemic, patients are also likely to rate their ambulatory service experience based on how carefully you protect them from exposure to COVID-19, and how well you prepare them for the changes those protections create during their visits.

How to Get FEMA Emergency Funding During the COVID Crisis

PSQH: Patient Safety & Quality Healthcare, July 2, 2020

Brad Gair says, "In truth, if your reliance is on getting FEMA funding 'fast' in a hospital environment, that is your first mistake."

Joint Commission to Release New SAG, Standard Revisions Effective July 1

PSQH: Patient Safety & Quality Healthcare, June 29, 2020

The change will make it easier for hospitals to comply because it requires only that doors only close, not that they must latch.

Optimizing Patient Safety Through System Strategies and Patient Engagement

PSQH: Patient Safety & Quality Healthcare, June 24, 2020

A collaborative relationship is intended to help patients manage their conditions and stay healthy; make better health-related decisions; and become more interested in their ongoing care.

Keeping Patients Safe: How Has the Patient Safety Movement Evolved in the U.S.?

PSQH: Patient Safety & Quality Healthcare, June 24, 2020

Patient safety culture is a cornerstone of healthcare quality. Fostering patient safety culture requires an understanding of an organization's values, beliefs, and norms.

PPE Success During the COVID-19 Pandemic

PSQH: Patient Safety & Quality Healthcare, June 19, 2020

Once upon a time, workers were told to use their surgical masks only once. Today, those masks get put into a bag at the end of a shift and used the next day—and maybe the day after that.

Long Time Coming: Identifying Systemic Sources of Stress in Healthcare

PSQH: Patient Safety & Quality Healthcare, June 19, 2020

It may be a long time coming, but what's very much needed is a mechanism for identifying, by individual facility, specific systemic sources of patient stress.

Lack of Evidence-Based Guidelines for COVID-19 in Pregnancy May Present a Risk of Compromised Care

PSQH: Patient Safety & Quality Healthcare, June 18, 2020

Since the emergence of the novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) in December 2019, public health authorities and professional societies have been scrambling to develop management guidelines for clinicians to utilize.

Many Hospitals Still Don't Have Drug Diversion Programs

PSQH: Patient Safety & Quality Healthcare, June 11, 2020

CDC information shows the increase in the frequency of disease outbreaks stemming from drug diversion.

Managing Medication Adherence During COVID-19

PSQH: Patient Safety & Quality Healthcare, June 10, 2020

Coronavirus fears drive medication adherence ups and downs.

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