The Joint Commission has issued a sentinel event alert to prevent diagnostic overshadowing, released guidance on using packaged sterile supplies and opened applications for an annual safety award over the last few weeks.
Category: Patient Experience
Applications open for 2022 Eisenberg safety, quality awards
The Joint Commission and National Quality Forum have started accepting applications for the 2022 John M. Eisenberg Patient Safety and Quality Awards, the organizations said July 19.
Surgery after COVID-19 might be safe sooner than recommended 7-week wait, study suggests
Fully vaccinated patients who undergo surgery soon after COVID-19 don’t have an elevated risk of post-surgery complications compared to surgery patients with no COVID-19 history, according to a study published July 15 in Annals of Surgery.
How to improve patient experience, clinician well-being concurrently
Improving the patient experience doesn’t have to come at the cost of clinician well-being. There’s a way to prioritize both, two physicians wrote in a July 18 article in Harvard Business Review.
Time between COVID-19 infections is growing, not shrinking, data suggests
COVID-19 reinfections are becoming more common in the U.S., but they are not happening more quickly, according to data from Helix, a lab that works with the CDC on viral surveillance.
IVF patients moving embryos to states protecting abortion access
Fertility patients are beginning to move their frozen embryos to states that protect abortion access out of fears that the Supreme Court’s June 24 decision to overturn Roe v. Wade will leave them without choices, The 19th reported July 14.
How Geisinger’s refund program is faring amid patient experience crisis
In the middle of a patient experience crisis, the logical assumption for a health system that gives patients the opportunity to request a refund is that those expenses will skyrocket. Geisinger has seen the opposite, with patient refunds on the decline…
Man dies after shooting himself at Florida hospital
A man died after shooting himself in the head at South Florida Baptist Hospital in Plant City on July 12, according to the Tampa Bay Times.
Joint Commission issues new safety guidance for palliative care
The Joint Commission issued new safety guidance for palliative care to seriously ill patients visiting the emergency department.
Hospital care was getting safer before pandemic hit, study shows
Rates of in-hospital adverse events fell significantly in the 10 years leading up to the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a federal study published July 12 in JAMA.
