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A new report released by the Healthcare Facilities Accreditation Program (HFAP) says its surveyors found that in 2018, healthcare organizations had the most problems with the development of policies, alignment of procedures, and completion of assessments. |
| Newsletter Articles Each month, Brad Keyes, CHSP, owner of Keyes Life Safety Compliance, answers your questions about life safety compliance. In a letter released April 10, the CDC clarified its Guideline for Prescribing Opioids for Chronic Pain, stating that they weren’t meant to be unduly restrictive for chronic pain patients. The letter came in response to repeated concerns from healthcare societies, providers, and experts. As we told you in the last issues of Briefings on Hospital Safety and Environment of Care Leader, those publications are evolving into the new Healthcare Safety Leader starting with this month’s issue. The following is a short excerpt from the HCPro book The Life Safety Code Workbook and Study Guide for Healthcare Facilities. Webinar Presented on: Thursday, June 27, 2019 | 1:00–2:30 p.m. Eastern Register at: http://hcmarketplace.com/patient-handoffs-062719 Stop medical errors, patient harm, and angry surveyors by fixing your patient handoff process. Handoffs (AKA transitions) are when a patient is transferred from one caregiver to another—they’re also a weak point in the care process overall. Vital information can be forgotten or overlooked when making the handoff, and that means a high potential for harm, from wrong-patient scenarios to medication errors. Join this 90-minute webinar and learn from international patient handoff expert Emily Patterson, PhD, as she teaches you how to adapt mnemonics, tools, and best practices to your facility. Whitepaper June 7, 2019 Is All of Your Team In The Know? Our weekly e-newsletters can keep your team abreast of up-to-date industry information; including expert analysis where you need it most. Subscribe to any -- or all -- of our e-newsletters. |
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