Patient Safety Movement
JULY 31, 2023
One of the great sources of frustration for everyone working within the field of patient safety is that many of the solutions we need to prevent harm are already available. The shameful reality is that it can take up to 17 years between the publication of protocols for preventing harm, and their actual implementation in the clinic.
Patient Safety Movement
JULY 31, 2023
One of the great sources of frustration for everyone working within the field of patient safety is that many of the solutions we need to prevent harm are already available. The shameful reality is that it can take up to 17 years between the publication of protocols for preventing harm, and their actual implementation in the clinic.
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HIT Consultant
SEPTEMBER 5, 2023
By administering ultrasound technology at the point of care, whether that be the patient’s bedside or an ambulance, POCUS prevents patients from being sent to another facility for imaging or waiting for a radiologist. Across hospital settings, IT infrastructure has not kept pace with ultrasound innovation.
Healthcare It News
DECEMBER 6, 2021
" In the year before the COVID-19 pandemic, Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center expanded its platform and developed an integrated nurse triage telehealth solution pilot to prevent critical care patients from ending up in the ER. " USING FCC AWARD FUNDS.
Briggs Healthcare
JULY 27, 2022
Instead, many hospitals often skip teeth brushing to prioritize other tasks and provide only cheap, ineffective toothbrushes, often unaware of the consequences, said Dian Baker, a Sacramento State nursing professor who has spent more than a decade studying NVHAP. Pneumonia occurs when germs trigger an infection in the lungs.
Home Health Care
APRIL 14, 2022
based Georgetown Home Care (GHC) has yet again lowered readmission rates for a major hospital. Its readmission success ostensibly began in 2019 when the home care agency first worked with spinal surgery patients at Medstar Georgetown University Hospital. The Washington D.C.-based In a pilot program, it reduced readmissions by 44%.
Vie Healthcare
NOVEMBER 8, 2023
Do I envision me going in the ICU bed with a nurse putting lines at me….how You know, we promise to do no harm in medicine in nursing as well. ….There’s I’ve had many managers who their description of their job was to really serve the team, serve other nurses, so that they can better provide care for their patients.
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