Patient and staff safety goals are top of mind for many nurse leaders, with hospital-acquired infections and fall prevention being two of the most common measures leaders are tackling.
Category: Patient Experience
5 ways hospitals can mitigate risk of prisoner escapes
Hospitals contain many security features designed to keep unwanted threats out — think locked entrances, metal detectors, etc. — but they’re less equipped to keep certain people in, says Tony Pope, vice president of the International Association f…
An ideal place to improve patient experience, per 1 leader
Hospitals should look at patient discharges as a primary place to improve patient experience, Fred Pelzman, MD, medical director of New York City-based Weill Cornell Internal Medicine Associates, said in an opinion piece published Oct. 2 in Medpage Tod…
FDA to hospitals: Stop probiotics for preterm infants
The FDA is warning hospitals not to give probiotics to preterm infants following the death of a baby linked to a probiotic.
Hospitals defend pediatric care after WSJ report
Chris DeRienzo, MD, chief physician executive for the American Hospital Association, released a letter in response to a Wall Street Journal article critical of hospital preparedness to treat pediatric patients.
Only 14% of hospitals are prepared to treat children: 7 notes
Only 14 percent of emergency departments nationwide are certified as ready to treat children or are children’s hospitals designed to care for young people, The Wall Street Journal reported Oct. 1.
These 4 groups face longer ED wait times
A study by researchers at New Haven, Conn.-based Yale University found four groups of people were more likely to be skipped over in emergency room lines.
Most common sentinel events in first half of 2023: Joint Commission
The number of sentinel events in 2023 is on track to be near last year’s record-setting 1,441 patient safety events that led to death, harm or an intervention required to sustain life, according to The Joint Commission data first shared with Becker’s.&…
The leading causes of death by age
Transport accidents are the leading cause of death for most children while opioids and major cardiovascular disease are the most common leading cause of death for adults, according to a report from USA Facts, a nonprofit organization that conducts data…
Why healthcare should ditch life span measures for this instead: Viewpoint
The next national health goal should focus on health span, not life span, Dave Chokshi, MD, a physician at Bellevue Hospital and a professor at the City University of New York, both based in New York City, wrote in an opinion piece published Sept. 28 i…
