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Truck drivers do it. So do airline pilots and nuclear power plant workers. Should health care workers also be subject to random drug tests?
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You may be able to boost your influenza vaccination rates by requiring health care workers to sign mandatory declination statements. But declinations themselves may put a negative tone to the annual campaign.
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Rude remarks, intimidated staff, unresolved conflicts between leaders, and abusive behavior your organization will need to have effective processes in place to address all of these scenarios.
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At Anaheim Memorial Medical Center, a 224-bed acute care hospital in Orange County, CA, surveyors from The Joint Commission were so impressed with the handoff communication process for perioperative services, they asked for a sample of the hospital's tool.
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What can possibly be more frustrating than walking into a hospital and being treated poorly?
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Currently, 382 hospitals have submitted data to the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)'s Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture's comparative database. This new database serves as a central repository for data so hospitals can compare their safety culture survey results, and includes data from all participating hospitals, with 108,621 individual respondents.
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A hospital CEO received three occurrence reports from a charge nurse on labor and delivery about several problems involving the same physician. Nurses reported feeling intimidated, hurried, and made to feel incompetent due to being berated, sometimes in front of the patient.
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When researchers are attempting to persuade subjects to answer questions about themselves, whether on the phone or by filling out a form, sometimes the altruism of participating in research isn't enough.
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Small IRB offices often do not have cross-trained or back-up staff in the event the IRB administrator is unexpectedly absent. So what happens when the people filling in cannot find the right forms or records or schedules?
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As stem cell research increases in California and elsewhere, IRBs and institutions are investing time and resources in establishing new oversight committees and writing new policies and procedures.