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Disruptive behaviors, intimidation in the workplace, and a culture of disrespect among healthcare professionals have repeatedly surfaced as significant barriers to patient safety.
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When the American Hospital Association (AHA) criticized The Leapfrog Group for its patient safety scoring methodology, Leah Binder, president and CEO of The Leapfrog Group, struck back.
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When Risk Manager Shawna Willcox, CPHRM, MBA, was investigating the death of a child who mistakenly was administered another patients medications at Wyoming Medical Center in Casper, she found that the nurse had been distracted while preparing the morning meds.
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A group representing employers across the country has asked the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights to closely examine new guidelines on the use of criminal background checks to screen job applicants.
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In spite of significant efforts over the past two decades to improve healthcare quality and safety, it is widely recognized that there is more work needed to eliminate preventable harm in the U.S. healthcare system.
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A hospital in Casper, WY, has reduced medical errors by changing the staff culture about patient safety and by instituting a system that notifies others when a staff member is involved in a high-risk task and should not be interrupted.
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Screening of potential hires is particularly important in the healthcare industry because many employees have access to vulnerable patients or protected health and financial information.
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The Joint Commission (TJC) has released a free monograph, Improving Patient and Worker Safety: Opportunities for Synergy, Collaboration and Innovation, to draw attention to the need to create a culture that focuses on the safety of patients and the healthcare workers who care for them.
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You can expect fewer workers compensation claims this year, but the ones you do see are likely to be more severe, according to the first Health Care Workers Compensation Barometer report from Aon Risk Solutions, the global risk management business of healthcare consultant Aon, based in Chicago.
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News: This case involves a 69-year-old male who underwent a colonoscopy with lesion removal at the hospital.
