Half of US patients think hospitals need to up their nursing staff, with concerns about nurse and other staffing shortages dissuading healthcare access for some, according to a survey completed by...
While COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy is not a new concept, especially among minorities, Latino parents still hold safety concerns when it comes to vaccinating their children, according to a survey sent to...
Nursing homes are vastly underreporting patient safety events, like the occurrence of moderate pressure ulcers, to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, a practice that could impact the...
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has codified patient safety reporting as part of its Inpatient Prospective Payment System final rule for 2023, a move that’s being lauded by...
Adverse patient safety events went down in the decade before the COVID-19 pandemic broke out across the United States, marking a key improvement in the overall patient experience that can be replicable...
For AdventHealth, one of the biggest faith-based health systems in the country, patient safety isn’t just a tick-the-box metric; it’s essential to overall quality and patient experience.
In fact, patient safety fits...
Staffing shortages and the impact COVID-19 had on the medical workforce’s mental health are the leading patient safety risks for 2022, joining familiar roadblocks like health inequities and...
Healthcare organizations with suboptimal nurse staffing ratios are more likely to see higher mortality rates and longer hospital stays, two key adverse patient safety events that can also cost...
Princeton researchers used cognitive dissonance to increase COVID-19 safety compliance among individuals who believed these methods work but did not follow them.
Joel Cooper, a professor of psychology...
The American Association of Nurse Anesthetists will now refer to itself as the American Association of Nurse Anesthesiology (AANA), but industry groups are concerned about how the name change will...
CMS aims to strengthen health equity efforts, improve patient safety, and expand access to care with its calendar year (CY) 2022 Medicare Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) and...
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has unveiled its latest updates of the Hospital Star Ratings, its first report since the agency restructured the methodology for assigning...
For Leah Binder, president and CEO of patient safety rankings organization The Leapfrog Group, embedding health equity as part of patient safety is a no-brainer.
“This year, the issue of equity...
Driving family and patient engagement in hospital patient safety efforts, like reducing falls, can have positive results, according to a study published in JAMA Network Open.
Specifically, a...
It’s been 20 years since the Institute of Medicine — known now as the National Academy of Medicine — published the groundbreaking report, To Err is Human. And in that time, the...
As healthcare increasingly moves from volume to value, it’s becoming imperative for providers to understand more than what patients present at their yearly checkups.
Environmental factors,...
The Leapfrog Group has released its fall 2019 patient safety grades, finding this year that patient safety reports have sparked organizational improvements driving toward a culture of zero harm,...
As the medical industry continues to emphasize patient satisfaction and positive care experiences, organization leaders must understand the role different clinicians play in achieving that end. For the...
Long wait times for dermatology appointments is impeding the patient experience, causing patients worry and putting patients at risk for worsening conditions, according to a new report from the Greater...
A Massachusetts ballot question considering mandated nurse staffing ratios will cost the Commonwealth, hospitals, and other healthcare organizations because of increased staffing needs, according to an...
