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The most dangerous thing some of your employees may do each day is just sitting at their desk. Sedentary behavior long hours of sitting can increase metabolic and cardiovascular risks, even in someone who gets regular exercise on most days.
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When a coronavirus recently caused two cases of severe respiratory illness in Saudi Arabia and Qatar, it was hard not to think of the challenging and deadly experience with another coronavirus Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome, or SARS.
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About one-third of health care workers fail to get their annual flu shot. But look behind those numbers and youll find the true disparity: Barely more than half of long-term care workers received the flu vaccine last year, while the rate for hospital employees reached an all-time high of 77%.
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Health department rules are broadening the scope of mandatory influenza vaccination policies, even as critics assail the policies as punitive and not science-based.
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Your influenza vaccination campaign is coming into the public spotlight, and that means more pressure than ever on the logistics of administering and tracking those vaccinations.
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The use of evidence-based quality indicators to ensure consistent treatment is a great idea because it improves patient care and outcomes, right?
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The first part of new federal rules related to quality and outcomes for ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs) went live in January, with a requirement to implement a surgical safety checklist.
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One of the most common mistakes found in Joint Commission surveys is expired medications, says Yosef D. Dlugacz, PhD, of the Krasnoff Quality Management Institute at the Long Island Jewish Health System in New Hyde Park, NY.
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A prenatal care quality initiative at the North Shore-LIJ Health System in Great Neck, NY, has achieved significant improvement in the 11 adverse outcome measures followed via modification of the Adverse Outcome Index (MAOI), according to a study published in the Journal for Healthcare Quality.
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It's 44 pages of questions about infection control procedures from injections and hand hygiene to sharps safety and personal protective equipment and it's coming to your hospital soon.
