Patient safety indicators (PSIs) have emerged as pivotal tools in assessing the quality of care provided by healthcare institutions. They serve as measurable benchmarks derived from administrative ...
A new study has found that the COVID-19 pandemic significantly impacted patient safety indicators in U.S. hospitals. The study examined data from the National Database of Nursing Quality Indicators to ...
Events such as additional hospitalization, litigation costs, infections acquired in hospitals, lost income and disability can be a big drain on the economy. But apart from the financial implications, ...
Harnessing data is essential to improve quality and patient safety, the chief medical and quality officer of CommonSpirit Health says. CommonSpirit Health has been making a concerted effort to improve ...
Objectives: We reviewed potential patient safety events identified with Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality's Patient Safety Indicator (PSI) Software to characterize clinical events associated ...
Access control, visitor management, and violence prevention are just some of the topics covered in this year's Campus Safety ...
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has pulled back on plans to pause public reporting on certain hospital safety data in the wake of pushback from patient safety advocates. In Monday’s ...
Black patients are more likely to experience an adverse safety event than their White counterparts at the same hospital, according to new data from the Urban Institute. Researchers analyzed 11 patient ...
Hospitals’ increased reliance on agency nurses and overtime shifts for in-house nurses appears to have implications for patient safety, a study published Wednesday in JAMA Network Open suggests. Among ...
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