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 Outdated technology, however, can sabotage even the best of intentions.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 [...]
Cullman Regional Medical Center chose Riskonnect to support its vision for the future and its journey to become a high reliability organization (HRO). If you stereotype Cullman, Alabama (pop. 15,385) as just another pit-stop [...]
The role of risk management in healthcare has come a long way over the years. But as risks to the healthcare industry multiply—both in number and costs—risk management and risk managers need to be [...]
Few businesses can operate without assistance from third-party technology vendors. And that dependence continues to grow as organizations struggle with inefficient internal processes and the challenges of keeping up with technology. In fact, according [...]
