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For years, risk managers and other healthcare leaders have been pushing physicians and staff to speak up when they see a dangerous situation, but new data suggests the effort has been only moderately successful at best. The focus on providing tools to improve patient safety might have overshadowed what really matters most: behavioral changes.
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Saying you put patient safety first is good, but you won't see any results until you specify what behaviors you expect to see, says Ann Rhoades, former chief people officer for Southwest Airlines and Doubletree Hotels, and one of the five founding executives of JetBlue Airways.
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When the OB safety initiative sponsored by BETA Healthcare Group (BETA) started two years ago, it addressed the most important issues indicated by the company's OB claims, says Heather Gocke, RNC-OB, LNC, CPHRM, C-EFM, director of risk management and quality assessment at BETA's Glendale, CA, office.
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A group of anesthesiologists is warning that, in addition to the perennial problem of drugs being diverted for personal use or resale, some powerful drugs are stolen from hospitals to be used as murder weapons.
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A 58-year-old man presented to his local VA hospital with lower back pain and left leg pain. The decision was made to perform a laminectomy.
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Honest answer: Do employees consider you to be trustworthy?
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Most violations of Occupational Safety and Health Administration's respiratory protection standard are from wearing respirators without the required employee elements completed prior to use, says Mary Gene Ryan, BSN, MPH, RN, COHN-S/SM, FAAOHN, executive director of MGRyan & Co. Inc., a Ventura, CA-based occupational health and safety consulting firm.
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Is someone in your workplace claiming that occupational health programs are a waste of money and resources?
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Musculoskeletal injuries are a large driver of injuries here," reports Janice Hartgens, UPS's corporate occupational health manager. For this reason, she says, the company's Knee, Back and Shoulder Injury Prevention program gives workers specific ways to prevent these injuries.
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A driver stops his truck, pulls the key out of the ignition, steps out of the vehicle holding onto the handrail, uses a load stand to get closer to the top of the trailer, selects a package, and closes the door. If a UPS driver does all of this using safe practices, he or she is going to hear about it.
