Did you know 8 of the 10 most frequently deficient Joint Commission standards relate to either the environment in which care is provided or the NFPA Life Safety Code? None of these[...]
11 Nov 2014
In the case of antibiotics, no – more is not always better. In fact, more could be even more of a problem in the long run. And spending money on a drug that isn’t even needed is a [...]
02 Oct 2014
We’ve experienced a renaissance in how we document, store, access, analyze and report healthcare information – all leading to an expectation of even higher quality of care. A[...]
16 Sep 2014
Navigating the healthcare system can be complicated (sometimes even risky). Although healthcare providers often deliver high-quality lifesaving care, the complex healthcare system [...]
24 Jul 2014
Can you believe that almost 15 years have passed since the Institute of Medicine published “To Err is Human: Building a Safer Health System,” shining light on medical errors in hea[...]
There’s a lot of buzz in the healthcare community about the right path to choose for accreditation and deemed status with CMS. For many years, The Joint Commission (TJC) has been t[...]
23 Apr 2014
In my post yesterday, I discussed the dangers of alarm fatigue. Alarm fatigue is considered the leading health technology hazard, according to the ECRI Institute’s top 10 health te[...]
07 Mar 2014
Alarms are a serious matter in busy hospitals and ERs. Think about all of the devices used in patient care – infusion pumps, cardiac monitors, pulse oximetry devices, blood pressur[...]
06 Mar 2014
Since I’m a pharmacy guy, I always have medication safety on the brain. As we all know, medications play an intensely complex and ever-growing role in patient care. Though we’ve ma[...]
05 Mar 2014
Pop quiz in honor of Patient Safety Awareness Week: The number of Americans who die annually from preventable medical errors is: A. 44,000-98,000 B. 180,000 C. 210,000-440,000 Corr[...]
04 Mar 2014
- RT @HealthInFocus: Great things happening at @PremierHA (booth 459). With data from over 3,000 hospitals they can create benchmarks for qua…
- Lots of great conversations taking place in Booth #459 #HIMSS19. Come see what everyone is talking about. http://t.co/lLOpknyeiP
- Premier CEO, @DeVorePremier, will be discussing how to transform #healthcare from the inside during her keynote at… http://t.co/jrYY3bk3k0
- RT @FinnPartners: .@JohnNosta chatted with @PremierHA CEO Scott Weingarten, MD, MPH on day 2 of #HIMSS19 about better quality of care and #…
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