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Occupational Safety and Health Administration offers tools on workplace violence
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration recently unveiled a webpage developed to provide employers and workers with strategies and tools for preventing workplace violence in healthcare.
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Wrong-site surgery traced to lack of timeout
A surgeon’s wrong-site error on a patient’s brain happened because he failed to perform a timeout before the procedure, according to a recent court decision that also describes how the physician tried to hide his error and did not report the sentinel event to administrators.
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Concurrent surgeries: How much is too much?
Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston has been the focus of controversy over the safety of concurrent surgeries and whether patients have a right to know when surgeons are dividing their attention. One patient safety leader tells Healthcare Risk Management that the practice is not necessarily improper but should be monitored by risk management.
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Hospital recounts NICU mistake and how staff did not disclose properly
A recent issue of the Safety Matters publication at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston told the story of how a tubing connection error occurred in the neonatal intensive care unit, which caused intravenous fluid to damage the baby’s skin at the wrist.
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TV screens, ‘WalkRounds’ promote safety messages
Discussing mistakes in its Safety Matters newsletter is only one way that Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston encourages patient safety.
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Risk managers should disclose errors to staff, not just to the patient
Most hospitals have embraced the idea of disclosing medical errors to the patient and family members, but Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston goes a step further by informing all staff about these incidents. The policy could provide information to be used against the hospital in litigation, the risk manager says, but educating staff and improving patient safety are worth the risk.
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New Year begins with the “hottest time” for case management jobs
The nation’s healthcare expansion into population health models and moving payment away from fee-for-service toward pay for quality performance and financial stewardship has created an unprecedented need for experienced case managers, and their salaries are climbing.
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Going to a passive needle safety system reduces injuries and costs
Switching from active to passive needle safety device dramatically reduced needlesticks in an 11-facility healthcare system, creating cost avoidance in reporting, treating, and follow-up that justified the additional expenditure for the devices.
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TJC: Time to curb patient falls in healthcare settings
With troubling data in hand about patient injuries and deaths, The Joint Commission has issued a Sentinel Event Alert, notifying healthcare organizations that they need to up their game when it comes to preventing patient falls.
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Improve communication for effective case management
Case managers need to maintain optimal communication skills, and one way to do this is to make sure they’re mindful of their own stress levels and emotional health needs.