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Streamlining Digital Preference Cards for Surgeons Improves Operational Efficiency & Patient Safety

HIT Consultant

By detailing these specifications, preference cards help streamline surgical planning, foster improved communication among the operating room (OR) staff, and ultimately enhance patient safety. It ensures that the most relevant, current data informs all decisions made in the OR, promoting patient safety and quality of care.

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Digitizing and Streamlining Surgeon Preferences Improves Operational Efficiency and Patient Safety

HIT Consultant

By detailing these specifications, preference cards help streamline surgical planning, foster improved communication among the operating room (OR) staff, and ultimately enhance patient safety. It ensures that the most relevant, current data informs all decisions made in the OR, promoting patient safety and quality of care.

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Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) and Safety of Older Adults Residing in Nursing Homes

Briggs Healthcare

The purpose of this primer is to provide updated information to the patient safety community about the challenges of ensuring the safe care of older adults in Medicare and Medicaid certified nursing homes (NHs) associated with the COVID-19 pandemic, and the federal and state efforts taken to mitigate these challenges. “The

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Nurse Burnout and the Patient Experience: The COVID Crush

Susan E. Mazer, Ph.D

Even before Covid-19, clinicians often worked under conditions that ran counter to their professional standards of care and caring. They often worked in unsafe environments, being responsible for more patients than they could safely care for. Patient safety is directly linked to nurse burnout.

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Empowering Healthcare Heroes: The Vital Role of Crisis-Ready Workforce Management Platforms

HIT Consultant

Ali Morin, MSN, RN-BC, VP of Nursing Informatics at symplr In the ever-changing landscape of healthcare, where tomorrow’s challenges are unpredictable, the need for strategically staffed and crisis-ready hospitals has never been more crucial.

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CMS Staffing Study to Inform Minimum Staffing Requirements for Nursing Homes

Briggs Healthcare

In February 2022, President Biden announced a comprehensive set of reforms to improve the safety and quality of nursing home care, hold nursing homes accountable for the care they provide, and make the quality of care and facility ownership more transparent so that potential residents and their loved ones can make informed care choices. [1]

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Newsletter, February 2024

Patient Safety Movement

” Joe Kiani, Founder Patient Safety Movement Foundation Letter from CEO In many parts of the world, February is the month for celebrating love. The Patient Safety Leadership Association is expected to play a key role in furthering the action plan set forth at the Mid-Year Event. “I believe in persistence.