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The latest news and analysis about patient safety and healthcare quality.
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Featured Story | | COVID-19 Pandemic Shakes Public Trust in CDC | | Surveys of more than 2,000 people in May and October 2020 show about a 10% drop in trust of the CDC over that period, with the overall population-level trust in the agency falling to the same lower level of trust long held by Black Americans about the agency. |
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News & Analysis | | UC Health Shares 4 Lessons Learned from Coronavirus Pandemic | | By multiple measures, COVID-19 has challenged healthcare providers more than any other public health crisis since the 1918 influenza pandemic. As the coronavirus pandemic enters its second year, many health systems, hospitals, and physician practices remain in crisis mode. A pair of physician leaders at Cincinnati-based UC Health recently spoke with HealthLeaders to discuss how the health system has grappled with COVID-19. |
| 6 Innovations That Are Propelling Health Systems Into the Future | | How are hospitals and health systems positioning their organizations for the future in a post-pandemic world? While there are countless ways innovation has accelerated the transformation of healthcare delivery over the past year, this article features six worth noting. |
| Yes, You Must Open Doors to Unvaccinated Surveyors | | CMS sent out a statement noting that federal and state surveyors must be permitted entry unless they show symptoms of the coronavirus as outlined in earlier infection control guidance regarding surveys. The statement apparently was in answer to a query from The Joint Commission (TJC), which was acting on the behalf of someone else, according to the Health Facilities Management Insider. |
| Hand Hygiene: No Time for Pandemic Fatigue | | Everyone in healthcare, whether frontline staff or providers of ancillary services, must consistently perform hand hygiene. How do we achieve compliance with this basic practice of infection prevention? This April 29 presentation will focus on proper hand hygiene protocols and why consistent hand hygiene is so important in this time of COVID-19 pandemic fatigue. |
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| Product Spotlight | | Life safety expert and independent consultant Brad Keyes, CHSP, provides a practical, strategic approach to the life safety survey process. He walks you through a room-by-room, floor-by-floor analysis of the life safety measures you must have in place to avoid costly citations. The book simplifies Joint Commission standards and CMS requirements and focuses on ways to pass your next life safety survey. Order now! | | |
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