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Graphium Health Acquires ABG, Boosting Patient Safety and Efficiency

HIT Consultant

This strategic acquisition signifies Graphium Health’s unwavering commitment to improving patient safety and practice efficiency through innovative data management tools. This enhanced platform will offer: Quality Improvement (QI) and OPPE reports: Empowering providers to track progress and meet Joint Commission standards.

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Quality Improvement: Eliminating the Silo Effect in Healthcare Organizations

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Without all of the teams involved in clinical care working as one team to quickly identify problems, find evidence-based practices, run tests of change, study results, and identify and disseminate improvements, progress will be spotty at best. Eliminating the silo effect.

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Epic & Press Ganey Integrate to Streamline Nursing Quality Data

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What You Should Know: – Press Ganey , a provider of healthcare experience measurement and data analysis, announced a collaboration with Epic to integrate nurse-sensitive indicators (NSIs) and outcomes directly into Press Ganey’s National Database of Nursing Quality Indicators ( NDNQI ).

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Improving Communication From Hospital to Skilled Nursing Facility Through Standardized Hand-Off: A Quality Improvement Project

Patient Safety

Methods: Lewin’s change management theory (CMT) guided this quality improvement (QI) project. Baseline assessment included a one-month chart review of 76 patient charts that was conducted to assess the disparities related to ineffective hand-off and medication delays in the SNF before intervention.

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How Hospitals Can Overcome the Challenges of Diabetes Management

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Despite an unwavering commitment to well-being and safety, these facilities are overwhelmed by a growing number of priorities and hampered by a shrinking labor force – which hamstrings their ability to implement a plan for success.

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Integration of Medication Safety Training and Development of a Culture of Safety in Pharmacy Education

Patient Safety

To prepare for these responsibilities in professional practice, it is important to introduce patient safety principles during educational experiences. These activities support a culture of safety from early training.

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AMA, Brigham and Women's, Joint Commission target equity, quality & safety

Healthcare It News

health systems approach their quality improvement and patient safety practices with health equity top of mind. The participating providers will learn strategies for identifying and addressing root causes of inequities with integrated approaches to quality, safety and operations. WHY IT MATTERS.