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Noting that about 10% of U.S. healthcare workers abuse drugs, The Joint Commission has issued Quick Safety, Issue 48: “Drug diversion and impaired health care workers.”
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A national campaign is attempting to demonstrate some of the problems with electronic health records by showing how they can interfere with clinicians’ efforts to provide quality care.
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Healthcare providers are increasingly focusing on social determinants of health to improve quality of care and outcomes, and many are finding that data from third parties can be key to the success of those programs.
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The Family Birth Center at Harrison Medical Center in Silverdale, WA, recently was designated a Baby-Friendly facility, joining other hospitals that have completed a long review process and met extensive criteria.
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University of Pittsburgh Medical Center has had success with several quick wins through the kind of quality improvement effort that yields meaningful change without requiring a lot of time, money, or effort.
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With more than half of hospital surgeries performed in an ambulatory setting, some quality improvement professionals are questioning whether there are adequate metrics for measuring quality and patient safety.
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Examples come from the National Center for Health Statistics and the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, among others.
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Visualization can be taken further by adding a narrative — telling a story with the data and graphics rather than presenting a static representation.
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A majority of hospitals are meeting the standards for computerized physician order entry set by the The Leapfrog Group, based in Washington, DC, according to a recent report from the group.
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A healthcare organization is finding success with using a measure of customer satisfaction to drive quality improvement.