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The 2013 National Patient Safety Goals (NPSG) came out last month and did not really include any big surprises. Indeed, there was nothing new in them. But that doesn't mean you do not have to pay attention to them.
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If trends hold in 2012, it will be the 13th straight year that nurses top the Gallup poll on ethics and honesty (http://www.gallup.com/poll/151460/Record-Rate-Honesty-Ethics-Members-Congress-Low.aspx). They are widely viewed by the public as being trustworthy and caring about what they do. Indeed, no one would suggest that a nurse does anything on the job that would knowingly imperil patients.
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No one ever says "as memorable as a PowerPoint slide," do they? Or "as much fun as a white paper." If you want people to remember something important, you have to spark their interest. And when the material is as dry as patient safety goals, well, you have your work cut out for you.
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Given the lack of reporting of errors and potential errors, it should be seen as good news that the number of sentinel events reported to The Joint Commission has gone up, right? The organization figures that voluntary reporting brings it maybe 1% of the total of what's out there, but the numbers are steadily rising.
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With the elections over, the majority of the country has spoken. Like it or not, healthcare is going to irrevocably change in the United States. There are challenges to say the least, but there are also lots of opportunities for the U.S. healthcare industry as we start down this path.
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Ninety percent of informed consent disputes involve disagreements about who said what and when, according to an analysis of 481 malpractice claims and patient complaints from Australia involving allegations of deficiencies in the process of obtaining informed consent.
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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has released the final rule for ambulatory surgery center (ASC) and hospital outpatient department (HOPD) payments in 2013.
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Like many outpatient surgery facilities, you face drug shortages. You might have felt relief that youve been able to rely on compounding pharmacies to obtain the drugs you need in the single-use dosage you need until you learned about a nationwide meningitis outbreak from contaminated steroid medications originating at a Massachusetts compounding facility.
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With outpatient surgery becoming increasingly complex, in terms of technology and patients, there is a growing trend toward requiring nurses to have their bachelor's of science in nursing (BSN) degree.