Becker's ASC

Making Patient Safety Initiatives Profitable

The Society of Hospital Medicine, the society representing more than 31,000 hospitalists and the hospital medicine specialty, has implemented several successful patient safety initiatives that have ...
Becker's Hospital Review

North American Partners in Anesthesia (NAPA) Produces Award-Winning Anesthesia Risk Alerts Program, an Effective Safety Intervention for High-Risk Patients

Seeking to reduce the incidence of critical events in high-risk patients, the NAPA Anesthesia Patient Safety Institute (NAPSI)—NAPA’s certified Patient Safety Organization (PSO)—conducted a systemwide ...
Becker's ASC

Study: Patient Safety Program Can Improve Safety Climate

An obstetrics patient safety program can improve safety climate and staff perceptions of safety, according to an article published in American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology. Researchers ...
Medscape

Development and Implementation of a Pediatric Patient Safety Program

A key premise behind the development of the Pediatric Safety Program was that front-line staff and clinical leaders could indeed enhance patient safety. They would need both the knowledge and the ...
Business Wire

Empowering Patient Safety: HD Nursing Partners with CPR Marketing for National Impact

BENTON, Ark.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--HD Nursing, the leading patient safety solution that combines predictive analytics with individualized fall and pressure injury prevention, announces its collaborative ...

Connecticut hospitals get top ratings in patient safety. Here’s which

Connecticut’s hospitals are ranked fourth nationally in patient safety with half earning an “A” rating hospital safety grade ...
Forbes

Patient Safety And Quality In A Virtual Environment: 3 Questions You Should Ask Your Telehealth Partner

Patient safety sets the foundation for a safe, equitable, trustworthy care experience – regardless of whether you’re operating in a virtual health system, or a physical one. And yet, despite increased ...
HealthLeaders Media

Evidence-Based Fall Program Saved Eight Hospitals $22M Over Five Years

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services do not reimburse fall-related costs, so falls represent a significant cost burden for hospitals. In a new study at two health systems, the average total ...
USA Today

Prioritizing Patient Safety and Quality in a Virtual Environment

Patient safety sets the foundation for a safe, equitable, trustworthy care experience — regardless of whether you’re operating in a virtual health system or a physical one. And yet, despite increased ...
KKCO 11 News on MSN

Montrose Regional Health earns top state recognition for quality and patient safety

Montrose Regional Health has earned tier 4 status in the Colorado Hospital Quality Incentive Payment program, the highest ...
The American Journal of Managed Care

Patient and Physician Perceptions of a Hypercholesterolemia Safety-Net Program

Patients’ misperceptions of statins and physicians’ limited knowledge of a hypercholesterolemia safety-net program warrant additional interventions to reduce barriers and improve care. Objectives: To ...