Health Prime

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Practices can begin to identify and implement targeted strategies to address them, improving patient satisfaction, operational efficiency, and financial stability. Learn more about this in our blog Improve your front desk processes with these best practices. Main issues in the check-in process 1. Contact us at sales@hpiinc.com.

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CollaborateMD

JUNE 20, 2025

Read the blog: “Get More Done with Time-Saving Healthcare Technology.” CollaborateMD meets HIPAA standards and includes audit trails, access controls, and regular system updates to protect patient data while keeping your practice operating in compliance. Data Security and Compliance Data privacy is not optional.

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The Healthcare Blog

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

All anyone has to say is “patient safety” and inventors get cold feet. But I’m reminded of people like Susannah Fox, who writes about the Maker movement in health care, where patients and their families aren’t willing to wait for “the system” to get around to solving their problems. Innovators beware.

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Minority Nurse

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

A smooth transition to clinical practice for new nurses is key for both patient safety and staff retention and immersive virtual reality can provide a safe space for new nurses to refine their skills,” she explained.

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Practice Index

JULY 17, 2025

This is a unique role, blending operational leadership, HR, finance, digital, estates, complaints, population health, and patient safety — often in the same day. The post We were in the room – now let’s make sure they don’t forget us – By Ed Kennedy appeared first on GP Practice Management Blog.

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Practice Builders

APRIL 11, 2025

Patient Safety What about patient-practitioner communication? The more accurate the diagnosis, the more information the doctor receives from the patient, and the more successful the treatment will be. Patient safety is a top priority for healthcare experts. Lets analyze.

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The Healthcare Blog

JANUARY 27, 2025

You demand an immediate safety review to understand what happened and why. The patient safety team moves quickly to investigate, and they discover that the patient was a young woman who had given birth to her first child just two weeks ago at one of your hospitals. Now, seemingly out of nowhere, they are gone.

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Minority Nurse

JUNE 26, 2025

Nurse martyrdom ultimately leads to burnout and discontent, and patient safety can be compromised as a side effect. When managers dismiss nurses’ complaints or belittle their needs, we often see the development of a rugged, soulless stoicism bordering on masochism.

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Minority Nurse

JUNE 16, 2025

It’s about patient safety. These guidelines offer language and structure around five core drivers of safe staffing: patient complexity, physical environment, available support, cognitive load, and nurse experience. This isn’t about mandated ratios.

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Practice Index

JULY 3, 2025

So far, we’ve had the NHS Long-Term Plan, the Darzi report, the Patient Safety Strategy, the Long-Term Workforce Plan, amongst others. The post The 10-year plan – By Paula the PM appeared first on GP Practice Management Blog. We’re yet another document into the NHS plan. Let us see the detail, and we’ll get to work.

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MedQuest College

JULY 8, 2025

In this blog, we’ll explore the qualities that make someone a strong fit for healthcare, the variety of roles available, what the work environment is really like, and how education plays a key role in helping you succeed. From following infection control procedures to tracking patient records accurately, attention to detail is critical.

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The Healthcare Blog

MARCH 18, 2025

the anodyne title of health scientist administrator masks a beyond-the-data devotion to patient safety. A 2023 report by the Presidents Council of Advisors on Science and Technology declared patient safety an urgent national public health issue. This year, thats the next-to-last day of Patient Safety Awareness Week.

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Open Dental

MARCH 4, 2025

EPCS is a technological advancement that significantly improves patient safety and the efficiency of the prescribing process. The post Enhancing Patient Safety with EPCS: A High-Level Overview appeared first on Open Dental Blog.

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Performance Health

APRIL 22, 2024

This blog focuses on empowering nurse leadership to take the lead in ensuring patient safety. We’ll explore strategies to elevate nurse leaders, underscoring their pivotal role in improving patient well-being.

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Minority Nurse

MARCH 13, 2023

Patient safety depends on many preventative steps, and many of those steps must be followed meticulously. The report, published in the journal Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , reinforces how the simplest act of hand washing and proper hand hygiene can have a significant impact on patient safety.

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Scrubs

JANUARY 31, 2023

. “Within days of learning of this nationwide scheme, we removed three nurses from patient care at the Atlanta VA Medical Center,” VA Press Secretary Terrence Hayes told a local news outlet. “Their removal is very unfortunate but patient safety is and must be our primary responsibility at VA.”

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Scrubs

AUGUST 29, 2023

It’s ironic that those entrusted to keep the rest of us comfortable, rested, and fed aren’t afforded the same courtesy—especially in a field where nurse fatigue and patient safety are so closely linked. From The American Nurse Long shifts in nursing are standard practice.

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Performance Health

MARCH 7, 2024

In this blog post, we will explore five of these laws and how they are shaping the future of patient care and employee safety. These legislative changes are not just legal mandates but a reflection of our society’s growing commitment to ensuring safer, more efficient, and empathetic healthcare systems.

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Scrubs

MARCH 30, 2023

Nurses have been organizing to get federal lawmakers to pass a bill that would set minimum nurse-patient ratios for every department in every hospital in the country. The bill, known as The Nurse Staffing Standards for Hospital Patient Safety and Quality Care Act, was authored by Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) in the Senate and Rep.

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Minority Nurse

MARCH 11, 2024

Nurses put a priority on keeping their patients safe and Patient Safety Awareness Week , which takes place March 10-16 this year, helps focus attention on this important part of any healthcare provider’s job. No matter how much attention nurses give to patient safety, there is always room to make improvements.

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Scrubs

MARCH 15, 2023

“We have tried to warn UCLA about the existing patient safety issues with shared rooms,” explained Mary Gay Dacquel, RN. ” The post Patients Allegedly Sleeping in Tents Due to Overcrowding appeared first on Scrubs | The Leading Lifestyle Magazine for the Healthcare Community. ” Nurses in L.A.

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The Healthcare Blog

MAY 15, 2024

They’ve grown very fast in recent years, fundamentally by using technology to monitor patients and help improve their care, improve patient safety and figure out what else is needed to improve the care process. You’ll also see me doing a little bit of self-testing!– – Matthew Holt

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Performance Health

JULY 1, 2024

Preventing pressure ulcers is essential for patient safety, expediting recovery, and improving care quality. This blog post will introduce several effective strategies for pressure ulcer prevention , grounded in current research and healthcare best practices.

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Open Dental

OCTOBER 1, 2024

The healthcare industry has evolved with ePrescribing and biometric authentication, enhancing security and efficiency, ensuring HIPAA compliance and patient safety. The post Securing Healthcare by Strengthening Identity Verification appeared first on Open Dental Blog.

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Performance Health

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

This approach necessitates a robust incident management system to ensure patient safety and high-quality healthcare delivery. This blog post explores various incident management strategies crucial to the implementation and success of a value-based care model, examining their significance, methodologies, challenges, and solutions.

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Minority Nurse

OCTOBER 12, 2022

Safety Across the Board. Hospitals are constantly striving to improve patient safety. However, a safer work environment extends beyond patient safety through lower nurse-to-patient ratios. Use our Magnet Showcase to review Magnet-designated hospitals to research your next employment opportunity.

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Minority Nurse

FEBRUARY 10, 2024

Their bodies might react in different ways as the anesthesia wears off, so nurses have to be ready for anything from a patient who is crying to one who might be shouting. An essential part of perianesthesia nursing is to develop a fine-tuned awareness of each patient, even during hectic times.

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Minority Nurse

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

Nurse practitioner malpractice data can be used to inform and address areas of clinical improvement as well as help to improve the quality of care and patient safety. Despite compassionate work and service to the community, one lawsuit can affect your professional reputation. Risk Control Recommendations for Nurse Practitioners.

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Minority Nurse

DECEMBER 5, 2023

As a nurse, being obvious with hand washing is reassuring to patients and helps set a standard of practice in your unit. As a nurse leader, making hand washing a priority for you and your team will help protect them and is also an important step for patient safety. Hospital acquired infections including staph infections and C.

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Health Populi

MARCH 12, 2024

That’s TMI for me to write about in the Health Populi blog, but this story has a current-events twist: the pharmacist could not electronically link with my insurance company to transact my payment. On February 22, 2024, I went to a CVS Pharmacy-Inside-Target in my community to fill a prescription for benzonatate 200 mg capsules.

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Practice Index

MAY 16, 2024

Ultimately, the aim was to get information sharing right in a way that improved patient safety, but also in a way that involved the patient in how their information was used. The principles get their name from Dame Fiona Caldicott, who chaired a committee and subsequently presented a report on patient confidentiality in 1997.

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Scrubs

AUGUST 5, 2023

Improve patient safety and care settings to reduce the number of medically unnecessary procedures. Increase patient access to care using telehealth, electronic health records, and online scheduling tools. Utilize a team-based approach to healthcare, so providers make decisions as a group.

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Healthcare Law Insights blog

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

Reflecting this need to take a holistic, proactive view of risk, the Guidance underscores the importance of proactively assessing for and managing problems with patient safety and quality of care as an indicator of potential compliance problems. Assessing staffing to ensure appropriate staff numbers, quality, and composition.

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Minority Nurse

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

Shelise Valentine, RNC, MSN, C-EFM, CPPS, CPHRM, is the Director of Clinical Education, Healthcare Risk Advisors, part of TDC Group and chairs nursing, co-chairs obstetric and simulation initiatives, and directs risk management and obstetric education for insured hospital clients to improve patient safety and reduce malpractice risk.

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Minority Nurse

MAY 19, 2023

In addition, the researchers encourage the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and the Joint Commission to consider safe staffing requirements for inpatient maternity care, similar to CMS working to establish minimum staffing regulations for nursing homes to promote patient safety.

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Minority Nurse

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Their expertise in handling complex cases, recognizing subtle changes in patient conditions, and providing effective interventions must be replaced. The loss of seasoned nurses may result in a dramatic decline in the quality of patient care, therefore increasing medical errors and compromising patient safety.

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Minority Nurse

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

Decreased graduation rates translate to a shrinking nursing workforce, staffing shortages, nurses working under stress, and the potential for compromised patient safety and outcomes. When nursing school capacity is hobbled, our profession and society suffer.

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