The latest news and analysis about patient safety and healthcare quality
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Featured Story | | | Wastewater Surveillance System Looks to Offer Early COVID Detection | | One federally funded program is the National Wastewater Surveillance System (NWSS). Launched in September 2021, the program works to coordinate and improve the nation’s capacity to track the presence of SARS-CoV-2 (the virus causing COVID-19) in wastewater samples across the country. |
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News & Analysis | | | The Exec: Healthcare's Workforce Shortage Prevents Patients From Getting Needed Care | | Besides obvious staffing issues, healthcare’s workforce shortage is preventing patients from receiving the care they need due to the lack of providers, Leonardo Seoane, MD, executive vice president and chief academic officer at Ochnser Health, testified during a recent U.S. Senate hearing on the workforce shortage in the healthcare sector. |
| Gun Violence Costs U.S. Healthcare $1B+ Annually | | Gun violence in the United States was responsible for nearly 49,000 deaths in 2021, about 30,000 inpatient hospital stays, and 50,000 emergency department visits, generating more than $1 billion in medical costs, according to a new report from the Urban Institute. |
Upcoming webinar Preventing Adverse Drug Events | | Adverse drug events (ADE) are a major concern in healthcare. The FDA receives over 100,000 reported cases of medication errors each year, and the CDC reports that approximately 1.3 million emergency department visits and 350,000 hospitalizations occur each year due to ADEs. In this April 27 webinar, Bradley T. Truax, principal consultant of The Truax Group, will discuss why ADEs are so common, the root causes, and what can be done to prevent them. |
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| Product Spotlight | | Drug Diversion Prevention in Healthcare, Second Edition is loaded with tools and info showing you how to make a solid prevention plan. This edition also contains case studies and real-life examples of how healthcare staff diverted drugs, how they were caught, and the steps taken afterwards. Order now! | | |
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