Healthcare RMIS software brings all patient-related data into one place, allowing for faster, easier, deeper analysis. It breaks down silos and establishes a common language for achieving a safer environment. Having all data housed [...]
Burnout syndrome threatens patient safety and quality of care – and that’s a huge risk for healthcare organizations. While “burnout” has long been an epidemic in healthcare, vague definitions and protocols around staff burnout [...]
The hospital landscape is an environment ripe for risk. Between an overall increase in chronic diseases and high turnover rates requiring large-scale staff replacements every five years, hospitals are facing a multitude of challenges. At [...]
Patient safety remains a top concern of healthcare organizations, according to the 2019 Patient Safety & Quality Healthcare Industry Outlook Survey. While 40% of the 228 respondents said their organization was already very strong [...]
When it comes to managing your health, it’s wise to be proactive and get routine testing, vaccinations and physicals done to take care of issues before they turn into bigger health problems down the [...]
Are you ready to integrate risk, quality, and safety through technology? Here’s a checklist of things to consider when you’re buying a healthcare RMIS. One system. Have one system for safety, quality, and risk information, such [...]
Just imagine how much more effective you would be if risk, quality, and safety all worked together to improve patient care and minimize risk. No more duplication of effort. No more tunnel vision. No more [...]
Cringeworthy exposés have shined a (black) light on bedbugs and other mattress-cleanliness problems in the hotel industry. Turns out hospitals have their own dirty little secret – contaminated bedding. More than just an ick-factor, [...]
Since 2014, The American Society of Healthcare Risk Management (ASHRM) has rightly been focused on Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) as a necessary evolution for risk management in healthcare and a logical expansion of the role [...]
Nurses, doctors, and other healthcare workers are the eyes and ears of your safety program. Outdated technology, however, can sabotage even the best of intentions. How many incidents go unreported if, for instance, a [...]
With the curtain drawn on the 2018 American Society for Healthcare Risk Management Annual Conference, what did we learn? Okay, what did I learn. I won’t pretend to speak for every attendee and exhibitor, [...]
The healthcare industry continues to strive for safer care and better outcomes – but simply trying harder is not going to appreciably move the dial. You have to have the systems in place to [...]
