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Tuesday, February 25, 2020
 

News Headlines

Value-Based Metrics Penalize Top-Performing Hospitals

Hospitals that are recognized for high-quality cardiac care are also more likely to be penalized under value-based payment models, according to a new study in JAMA Cardiology.

Primary Care Dementia Screening Does Not Increase Depression or Anxiety

Primary care clinicians provide the most care to older adults, and at least half of primary care patients afflicted with ADRDs are never diagnosed with the conditions.

Free Webinar: Leading Change from the Bedside: Nursing’s Role in Patient Safety

Nurses are essential members of the healthcare team, and are charged with delivering patient care in an increasingly complex environment. How do we harness their expertise, insights, and compassion to drive improved patient outcomes?

 

Newsletter Articles

Five myths about spring safety

As we enter March, some parts of the U.S. will be feeling their first taste of warm weather. It’s tempting to take the climbing temperatures for granted and relax your safety and security steps.

Becoming a High-Reliability Organization Through Shared Learning of Safety Events

Nearly 20 years after the publication of the Institute of Medicine’s report To Err Is Human, healthcare providers look to methodologies used in other high-reliability organizations for transferrable strategies to reduce error in clinical care processes 

Joint Commission portal addresses nurse burnout

In July 2019, the accreditation agency released Quick Safety Issue 50: Developing Resilience to Combat Nurse Burnout, published to help healthcare facilities with the process of personal protection from burnout for nurses and other frontline staff.

Is your organization prepared for interoperability compliance?

A guidebook to help healthcare organizations prepare for interoperability compliance is now available from The Sequoia Project, a non-profit dedicated to solving health IT interoperability issues.

How Yale's flagship hospital determines aging clinicians' fitness to practice

Yale New Haven Hospital has developed a two-step assessment process for all clinicians who are at least 70 years old and seeking reappointment to the medical staff.

Use WHO guidance on 2019-nCov to review infectious disease plans

The guidance offers a variety of technical papers, including information for clinical care, infection control and prevention, and risk communication and community engagement (RCCE).

 

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Brian Ward, Associate Editor

bward@hcpro.com