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Starting early next year, hospitals that are interested can achieve both accreditation and ISO certification in various best practices.
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There's not a healthcare organization around that isn't focused on reducing unplanned readmission rates.
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No one would argue that the amount of data a hospital has to collect and report is significant, often duplicated, and never declines. But there are plenty of reasons why putting quality and patient safety data out there for public consumption serves the greater good.
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In the year since it was published by the Institute for Healthcare Improvement, there have been tens of thousands of views of "Respectful Management of Serious Clinical Adverse Events", and along with those views have come comments, suggestions, and anecdotes that made it imperative for the institute to look again at the topic and update it.
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It's kind of like that old ad for Reese's Peanut Butter Cups: Peanut butter is great, chocolate is great, but imagine what can happen if they get mixed together.
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Two years after the emergence of the H1N1 pandemic, hospitals are still learning lessons that may help avert serious problems in a future outbreak. Respiratory protection in particular became a contentious issue during the pandemic, and it remains an area of concern.
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Why wouldn't an employee participate in a free Health Risk Assessment (HRA) that offers over 50 data points with valuable information about his or her health? Volunteers can help you find out.
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An injured employee may feel completely ignored or conversely, given the impression that his or her every move is being monitored. Striking the right balance can result in a safe and quick return to work.
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Even though workers had diligently placed plastic bottles in a recycling bin in a company break room, staff were seen bagging these up, then throwing them in the regular trash can.
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According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, these industries had the highest rates of work-related injury and illness in the United States in 2010: