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Top Patient Safety Risks Include Health IT Issues, Patient ID Errors
Failure to embrace a safety culture is listed as number 10 on this year’s list of the top 10 patient safety concerns for healthcare organizations.
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Tackling Disrespectful, Unprofessional Provider Behaviors
A systematic approach requires careful planning, the ability to track and measure outcomes, and high-level support.
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Advance Care Planning With and Without an Annual Wellness Visit
If performed and documented appropriately, advance care planning can now be billed by the emergency provider in addition to an evaluation and management level.
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New Tool Improves Processes, Streamlines Operations
A one-page aid facilitates shared decision-making, improves patient knowledge, and leads to more efficient use of resources in low-risk chest pain patients.
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Targeting Common Pain Syndromes With Non-Opioid Alternatives
It takes a hospital to prevent acute pain from becoming chronic.
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Fresh policies and procedures, transparency fuel ED turnaround
Team building and educational outreach efforts help win staff over to push for improvement at an Arizona hospital.
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Massachusetts hospitals try to stem overdose deaths
Hospitals in Massachusetts have implemented a plan that instructs emergency providers to develop an approach to screen for substance abuse, provide brief intervention, and arrange appropriate referrals for patients who have an active substance use disorder or are at risk for developing such a problem.
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New opioid prescribing guidelines favor non-opioid alternatives
Citing a quadrupling of opioid prescriptions in recent years, the guidelines nudge providers to do more to combat the epidemic of overdose deaths.
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Sounding the Alarm About Suicide Risk
The Joint Commission urges universal screening and increased efforts to link at-risk patients to appropriate care.
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Vendors provide advice on EMR usability
Engage in development process, take part in usability tests, provide feedback.