Forty-two percent of Colorado hospitals are failing to comply with a state law designed to protect patient rights and expand access to care, according to a recent report from the Colorado Consumer Health Initiative.
Category: Patient Experience
Joint Commission, NAHQ partner to advance quality competencies: 5 notes
The Joint Commission and National Association for Healthcare Quality have formed a strategic alliance to enhance quality training, certification and best practices globally.
Geisinger lowers workplace violence incidents
As hospitals and health systems continue to grapple with escalating violence, Geising has seen success in their security measures, the American Medical Association said.
Jefferson Health's safety secret: Resilience engineering
The patient safety movement has come to “a little bit of a standstill,” said Jefferson Health leader Oren Guttman, MD.
Surgeons push for EMS vehicles to carry blood
The American College of Surgeons is urging more first responders to carry blood products in emergency vehicles to improve survival rates among patients with life-threatening bleeding.
Mass General physician discloses pig kidney transplant patient's cause of death
Richard Slayman, the first person in the world to receive a genetically edited pig kidney transplant, died from an “unexpected cardiac event,” his transplant surgeon said Nov. 13, according to The Boston Globe.
38% of surgeries involve adverse events, study suggests
Among 1,009 patients who underwent surgery in a Massachusetts hospital in 2018, 38% experienced an adverse event — of which 26% were potentially preventable, according to a study published Nov. 13 in BMJ.
Top US hospitals and unnecessary back surgeries: How they stack up
In the last three years, U.S. hospitals performed more than 200,000 unnecessary back surgeries on Medicare beneficiaries, according to a Nov. 14 report by the Lown Institute Hospital Index.
Joint Commission urges hospital disaster planning: 4 notes
The Joint Commission issued a sentinel event alert Nov. 13, urging hospitals to ensure they have sufficient plans in place to protect patients and staff during weather- and climate-related emergencies.
Top 4 ways systems are improving patient experience
Systems are honing in on improving the patient experience by reducing complexity, enhancing personalizations and making patients feel valued throughout the care journey, the American Hospital Association said in a Nov. 12 article.
