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Contact-Free Continuous Monitoring: How Arnot Ogden Medical Center Protects Patients From Clinical Deterioration
In less than a minute, a patient’s condition can worsen dramatically. And if such changes are not detected and addressed with timely, appropriate interventions, clinical deterioration can adversely affect patients’ health and well-being as well as hosp…
WIHI: How to Navigate Power and Enhance Psychological Safety
February 26, 2020 | How can we better understand, and successfully navigate, the power dynamics throughout the health care workforce?
IHI Leads Patient Safety Awareness Week, March 8–14, 2020
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The quality journey in Nigerian healthcare
The International Society for Quality in Healthcare (ISQua) has accredited the quality standards set by the Society for Quality Health in Nigeria for the purpose of evaluating healthcare facilities in Nigeria.
Providence tackles provider burnout with virtual counseling
Providence launched Telebehavioral Health Concierge for caregivers and their dependents throughout the state, including at Richland’s Kadlec. The service is now available to 40,000 employees and family members of Providence organizations and partners
Zero Harm in Health Care
This article describes a comprehensive systems-focused approach to patient safety to achieve the goal of zero harm for patients, families, and the health care workforce. The approach includes four interdependent elements: the psychology of change, …
Providing Safe, High-Quality Maternity Care in Rural US Hospitals
This IHI Innovation Report examines the challenges and gaps that rural health care organizations in the US face; presents a synthesis of published evidence and effective approaches developed by clinicians and leaders; and describes potential strategies…
Quality often an afterthought for system, hospital boards
As CEO of Virginia Mason Health System, Dr. Gary Kaplan sees it as his responsibility to ensure the organization’s board of directors is in-the-know on matters of safety and quality.
Leading the way to professional well-being
The National Academies convened an ad hoc 17-person committee, including nurses, physicians, pharmacists, and others, to examine scientific evidence about the causes of clinician burnout and its consequences, identify interventions that support clinici…
WIHI: Which Way Is North? Setting Your Compass for Population Health
February 13, 2020 | Actions to improve population health are common among health systems, but how can they ensure lasting, positive changes? Tune in to learn more about the Pathways to Population Health Compass.
