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Hospitals' patient experience, preventable infection improving after pandemic struggles, Leapfrog finds

Fierce Healthcare

The latest batch of Hospital Safety Grades from independent watchdog The Leapfrog Group suggest that patients’ care experiences, which deteriorated during and since the pandemic, may finally be tur | New data from the watchdog reflecting CMS-reported patient safety measures show that hospitals are, on average, working their way back from patient experience (..)

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National Patient Safety Awareness Week: March 13 – 19, 2022

Briggs Healthcare

Patient Safety Awareness Week is an annual recognition event intended to encourage everyone to learn more about health care safety. Patient Safety Awareness Week serves as a dedicated time and platform for growing awareness about patient safety and recognizing the work already being done.

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10th Annual World Patient Safety, Science & Technology Summit Begins

Patient Safety Movement

On the first day of the Summit, global patient safety leaders call for increased urgency in reducing preventable deaths. A large proportion of patient safety problems can be eliminated. There wasn’t much thinking about patient safety in the pandemic planning that preceded Covid,” said Donaldson.

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Leapfrog Group sees surging HAIs nationwide

Healthcare It News

"Infections like these can be life or death for some patients. We recognize the tremendous strain the pandemic put on hospitals and their workforce, but alarming findings like these indicate hospitals must recommit to patient safety and build more resilience."

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How Are Patient Safety and the Patient Experience Related?

Susan E. Mazer, Ph.D

How can patients have good experiences if they do not feel safe? And, how is patient safety evidenced beyond the accidents that do not happen? Safety precautions are ever present in our daily lives. Or the protocols for preventing falls that seem inconvenient because the patient seems too healthy to need them.

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How Beautiful Questions and HRO Principles Enhance Patient Safety

HIT Consultant

But the team won’t know unless they ask the question and delve into each piece of the patient puzzle. Using Such Questions – Along With HRO Principles – to Enhance Patient Safety To implement these beautiful questions, organizations can learn from other segments — high reliability organizations (HROs), to be exact.

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Why is Patient Safety in Its Own Bucket?

Susan E. Mazer, Ph.D

I have always wondered why patient safety is talked about by itself. As if all other procedures, policies, and practices are not about safety. And why should patient safety be separate from the patient experience? For staff, patient safety is a lot like playing in tune for a musician.