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The murder accusations against clinicians at Memorial Medical Center in New Orleans are another blow to the troubled Tenet Healthcare Corp., based in Dallas.
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Patient handoff now is known to be a high-risk time, with the transfer of responsibilities opening up the potential for misunderstandings, incomplete information, and other failures of communication that can threaten patient safety.
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While SBAR (Situation, Background, Assessment, and Recommendation) technique is a fairly straightforward concept, implementing the methodology can be more difficult than you might expect.
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A recent settlement by a New Jersey hospital chain should alert risk managers that federal investigators are taking a harder look at charge increases and possible violations of Medicare rules, says an attorney who has been following the case.
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Wandering occurs in 15%-60% of people with dementia.
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If there is a vaccine shortage, using additional strategies if necessary to ensure those who are identified as needing the vaccine are targeted.
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The Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations is embroiled in a legal battle with the American Nurses Association (ANA) over the issue of hospital staffing levels.
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Joint Commission Resources (JCR) -- a division of the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations -- has collaborated with a leading national infection control group to publish a workbook.
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Ramp up your flu vaccine campaign. This year, the heat is on for hospitals to improve their health care worker vaccination rates.
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Hospitals began offering pertussis vaccines to their employees in an effort to protect vulnerable patients from a disease that is most contagious in its early stages, when it may go undetected.
