Yikes! That should be your first reaction, right? But listen, that’s not all! The nurse being charged is a “travel nurse” or sometimes referred to as “agency.” This nurse worked in multiple hospital locations in the state of Kentucky at the same time AND continued to work at a hospital after being accused of killing a patient! Okay, true, you …
One dead, and two are hospitalized after seniors were given dishwashing soap instead of juice, that is the headline, wow! According to the article on CBS news, police are investigating the fatal poisoning at a San Mateo care facility. How could this happen? Sure, we have all read stories of residents finding toxic substances left unattended and consuming them, but to …
The American Society for Health Care Risk Management has released several Patient Safety Tip Sheets with assessments and recommendations for various safety concerns in healthcare. Among the topics discussed are the following: Normalization of Deviance in Healthcare Technology and Patient Safety Patient Safety Organizations Value of Incident/Event Reporting Communication Please consider reading through these tip sheets and share with staff …
Despite the challenges faced this year and an emphasis on promoting physical distance, publications in 2020 have demonstrated that persistent efforts continue to evaluate and improve health care communication. Some of these efforts have been in direct response to changes imposed by the COVID pandemic. Moving forward, specific areas and considerations identified in the literature underscore the need for future …
Despite decades of research, improving health care safety remains a global priority. Individual studies have demonstrated links between staff engagement and care quality, but until now, any relationship between engagement and patient safety outcomes has been more speculative. A recent study was published in the Journal of Patient Safety, where systematic searches of Medline, CINAHL, PsycInfo, Embase, Cochrane, Library, and …
The Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Act of 2005 (Patient Safety Act) requires the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, in consultation with the director of AHRQ, to prepare a draft report on effective strategies for reducing medical errors and increasing patient safety. The report includes measures determined appropriate by the Secretary to encourage the appropriate use …
