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.

IHI Names New Leader

PSQH: Patient Safety & Quality Healthcare, June 9, 2020

Kedar Mate, MD previously  previously served as IHI's Chief Innovation and Education Officer.

Eight Proven Ways to Inspire Trust and Credibility With Your Healthcare Website

PSQH: Patient Safety & Quality Healthcare, June 9, 2020

Don't lose business—or, more importantly, the chance to help patients in need—due to weak website design.

Enlarged Prostate Laser Surgery: From Inpatient to Outpatient

PSQH: Patient Safety & Quality Healthcare, June 8, 2020

Laser technology has lowered complications for this very common procedure, allowing patients to heal at home.

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