Most hospitals have created some sort of campaign to raise levels of hand hygiene compliance-from creating signs and uploading sing-along viral videos to deploying "secret shoppers" around the nation to sneakily observe who may or may not be washing their hands.
Oncology clinics traditionally house some of the most vulnerable patients when it comes to contracting dangerous infections, further compounding the already debilitating effects of cancer treatments like chemotherapy. Because of this, it's doubly important that oncology clinics...
Understanding HIT nationally and on the local front lines
In the past couple of months, there have been numerous publications around health information technology (HIT) and patient safety. In November 2011, the Institute of Medicine (IOM) released its report, Health IT...
True or False: Power failures, loss of water or utilities, floods, and tornados are all examples of situations that could result in the activation of all or part of the Emergency Operations Plan.
Earlier this week The Joint Commission released the National Patient Safety Goals (NPSGs) for 2012 in an easy-to-read version. Goals for 2012 include identifying patients correctly, improving staff communication, using medications safely, preventing infections, identifying patient safety...
