Quality & Patient Safety Articles by Topic: Handoff Communications
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Patient Safety Monitor (Briefings on Patient Safety), Issue 12, December 1, 2009
When Kathleen Mikos, RN, MSN, vice president of patient care and chief nursing officer, came to...
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Patient Safety Monitor (Briefings on Patient Safety), Issue 12, December 1, 2009
The Joint Commission has released the 2010 National Patient Safety Goals (NPSG), announcing to the...
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Patient Safety Monitor (Briefings on Patient Safety), Issue 12, December 1, 2009
This issues has articles concerning the 2010 National Patient Safety Goals, options for patient...
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Patient Safety Monitor Alert, Issue 46, November 18, 2009
HCPro is proud to announce its latest patient safety product: Patient Safety Monitor.
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Patient Safety Monitor (Briefings on Patient Safety), Issue 11, November 1, 2009
This issue contains stories about The Joint Commission's 2010 National Patient Safety Goals, a...
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Patient Safety Monitor Alert, Issue 43, October 28, 2009
The initial meeting of the Subcommittee on Patient Safety and Medical Liability Reform...
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Patient Safety Monitor Alert, Issue 40, October 7, 2009
The Joint Commission released the 2010 National Patient Safety Goals (NPSG) last week, announcing...
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Patient Safety Monitor (Briefings on Patient Safety), Issue 10, October 1, 2009
In 2007, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles rolled out a “universal floor&rdquo...
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Patient Safety Monitor Alert, Issue 37, September 16, 2009
In the future, healthcare providers can expect more informed patients who want their care team...
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Patient Safety Monitor Alert, Issue 36, September 9, 2009
Patients want more convenient access to their physicians, and that increasingly means communication...
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Patient Safety Monitor Alert, Issue 30, July 29, 2009
An article in the July Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety highlights the gaps...
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Patient Safety Monitor (Briefings on Patient Safety), Issue 7, July 1, 2009
The 2009 National Patient Safety Goals (NPSG) include many changes. Since the start of this year...
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Patient Safety Monitor Alert, Issue 26, July 1, 2009
Inova Mount Vernon Hospital in Alexandria, VA, has launched a program titled HeartLink to empower...
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Patient Safety Monitor Alert, Issue 23, June 10, 2009
A study in the Archives of Internal Medicine attempted to examine how often pages to physicians...
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Patient Safety Monitor Alert, Issue 22, June 3, 2009
Last month, a group of major healthcare players came together to take on the Obama administration's...
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Patient Safety Monitor (Briefings on Patient Safety), Issue 6, June 1, 2009
This issue contains articles about preventing rehospitalization and utilizing the discharge process...
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Patient Safety Monitor (Briefings on Patient Safety), Issue 6, June 1, 2009
Patient discharge usually takes a backseat to other quality and patient safety measures that focus...
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Patient Safety Monitor (Briefings on Patient Safety), Issue 6, June 1, 2009
A study published in the April 2 New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) shows that 20% of Medicare...
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Patient Safety Monitor Alert, Issue 21, May 27, 2009
The Partnership for Clear Health Communication at the National Patient Safety Foundation (NPSF...
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Patient Safety Monitor Alert, Issue 20, May 20, 2009
Similar to the CMS Care Transitions Project launched in April, the IHI has announced its State...
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Patient Safety Monitor (Briefings on Patient Safety), Issue 5, May 1, 2009
This issue covers how HCAHPS has changed for 2009 and how facilities can boost their HCAHPS scores...
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Patient Safety Monitor Alert, Issue 17, April 29, 2009
A new study yielded better than expected results in terms of avoiding potential drug interactions...
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Patient Safety Monitor (Briefings on Patient Safety), Issue 4, April 1, 2009
Staff members at Abington (PA) Memorial Hospital knew their handoff process could use some work...
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Patient Safety Monitor (Briefings on Patient Safety), Issue 4, April 1, 2009
The March issue of Briefings on Patient Safety covers a few topics. We discuss The Joint...
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Patient Safety Monitor Alert, Issue 7, February 18, 2009
The National Patient Safety Foundation (NPSF) has announced that its 2009 Patient Safety Awareness...
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Patient Safety Monitor Alert, Issue 5, February 4, 2009
Although care of cancer patients is often thought to include rounds of radiation and chemotherapy...
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Patient Safety Monitor Alert, Issue 50, December 10, 2008
A new study shows that staff members who work in the emergency department (ED) think that there...
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Patient Safety Monitor Alert, Issue 43, October 22, 2008
Transferring the care of a patient from one caregiver to another has always been a sore spot for...
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Patient Safety Monitor (Briefings on Patient Safety), Issue 10, October 1, 2008
Red, green, yellow, purple, and pink—these are the colors of one wristband color system...