The latest news and analysis about patient safety and healthcare quality
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Featured Story | | CMS Posts Reminder to Maintain COVID-19, Flu Protections | | In a Quality, Safety & Oversight Group memo to survey offices nationwide, CMS said “all providers and suppliers should continue to implement appropriate infection control protocols for COVID-19,” as well as the flu, and included links to CDC guidance on both. |
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News & Analysis | | IHI Forum: Leadership Pivotal in Implementing Joy in Work Initiatives | | The IHI Framework for Improving Joy in Work is designed to reduce healthcare worker burnout and increase healthcare worker well-being. Healthcare worker burnout has spiked dramatically during the coronavirus pandemic, with a recent research article finding that 62.8% of physicians reported at least one symptom of burnout in 2021 compared with 38.2% in 2020. |
| CMS Urges Hospitals to Take Violence Prevention Steps | | To provide care in a safe setting for both patients and healthcare workers, hospitals need to identify patients at risk for intentional harm to themselves or others, CMS recommended in its November 28 memo, as well as identify environmental safety risks for such patients and provide education and training for staff and volunteers. CMS said it expects hospitals to demonstrate how they identify patients at risk of self-harm or harm to others and what steps they are taking to minimize those risks. |
| Share Your Innovative Quality Improvement Ideas | | Patient Safety & Quality Healthcare is seeking to spotlight the best healthcare quality improvement case studies. By imparting their in-the-trenches experiences and lessons learned, the chosen case studies will shed light on an issue, practice, or principle that affects stakeholders across the modern medical staff landscape. |
| Fireside Chat: Patient Safety and Workforce Retention | | This Dec. 20 fireside chat with Patricia McGaffigan, RN, MS, CPPS, vice president, Institute for Healthcare Improvement, will look at the current state of healthcare safety, the challenges that must be overcome, what needs to be done to maintain a healthy work environment, and how organizations can improve worker retention. |
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