The latest news and analysis about patient safety and healthcare quality
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Featured Story | New Survey Sheds Light on Workplace Violence in Healthcare Settings | The recent survey, which was conducted by Premier Inc. and the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, features data collected from 672 clinical healthcare workers, healthcare administrative workers, and healthcare security personnel. The survey was conducted from Feb. 1 to April 14. |
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News & Analysis | Emergency Room Workplace Violence: Electronic Behavioral Alerts May Be Prone to Bias | In a poll funded by the American College of Emergency Physicians, two-thirds of emergency physicians and 70% of nurses said they had been physically assaulted at work in the prior year. Patients were perpetrators in 97% of the workplace violence incidences in the poll. The poll found hitting, spitting, and punching were the most common kinds of physical assaults. |
AI Could Match Patients With Clinical Trials | The survey of 58 payer and provider senior executives -- many of whom specialize in AI and analytics, and more than half of whom work at larger hospitals and academic medical centers -- was compiled in February and published this week in a CCM report. |
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| Product Spotlight | Drug Diversion Prevention in Healthcare, Second Edition is loaded with tools and info showing you how to make a solid prevention plan. This edition also contains case studies and real-life examples of how healthcare staff diverted drugs, how they were caught, and the steps taken afterwards. Order now! | |
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