Patient Safety
Exposed to patient’s body fluids? Now what?
Learn how to protect yourself by taking the right steps if you are exposed to a patient’s body fluids.
Don’t get ‘caught’ in the CAUTI trap
Catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTI), the most common healthcare-associated infection, can be deadly.
Using technology to make evidence-based staffing assignments
Workforce-management software and operational integration help match the right nurse to the right patient at the right time.
A Case Study: Using Technology to Build a Culture of Safety
An emphasis on a culture of safety and appropriate use of technology help the organization deliver safer and more efficient health care.
Enabling the ordinary: More time to care
The value of technology in automating and improving patient care
Promoting health-behavior changes in patients
Using the transtheoretical model helps you gauge your patient’s readiness to change.
Quantum relationships: Time is not of the essence
You will forever and always be physically and consciously entangled with each of your patients.
Central lines: Recognizing, preventing, and troubleshooting complications
Central lines can save lives. But dangerous complications can occur unless caregivers know how to identify, prevent, and solve potential problems.
Leapfrog Group says hospital safety improvements too slow
The Fall 2013 update to The Leapfrog Group Hospital Safety Score shows many hospitals are making headway in addressing errors, accidents, injuries, and infections…
Study: Report cards for hospital pressure ulcers may not be accurate
According to a study in the Annals of Internal Medicine, the data Medicare uses for public reporting hospital rates of pressure ulcers isn’t an…
Improving depression screening in patients with chronic illness
Don’t miss an opportunity for health promotion and improvement in disease management by failing to assess patients with chronic illness for depression.
Exposed to patient’s body fluids? Now what?
Learn how to protect yourself by taking the right steps if you are exposed to a patient’s body fluids.
Don’t get ‘caught’ in the CAUTI trap
Catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTI), the most common healthcare-associated infection, can be deadly.
Using technology to make evidence-based staffing assignments
Workforce-management software and operational integration help match the right nurse to the right patient at the right time.
A Case Study: Using Technology to Build a Culture of Safety
An emphasis on a culture of safety and appropriate use of technology help the organization deliver safer and more efficient health care.
Enabling the ordinary: More time to care
The value of technology in automating and improving patient care
Promoting health-behavior changes in patients
Using the transtheoretical model helps you gauge your patient’s readiness to change.
Quantum relationships: Time is not of the essence
You will forever and always be physically and consciously entangled with each of your patients.
Central lines: Recognizing, preventing, and troubleshooting complications
Central lines can save lives. But dangerous complications can occur unless caregivers know how to identify, prevent, and solve potential problems.
Leapfrog Group says hospital safety improvements too slow
The Fall 2013 update to The Leapfrog Group Hospital Safety Score shows many hospitals are making headway in addressing errors, accidents, injuries,…
Study: Report cards for hospital pressure ulcers may not be accurate
According to a study in the Annals of Internal Medicine, the data Medicare uses for public reporting hospital rates of pressure ulcers…
Improving depression screening in patients with chronic illness
Don’t miss an opportunity for health promotion and improvement in disease management by failing to assess patients with chronic illness for depression.
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