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Featured Story
Test Sites Quickly Attract Thousands for COVID-19 Vaccine Study
During the next two months, vaccine makers hope to recruit 60,000 Americans to roll up their sleeves to test the two vaccines, one made by Pfizer and BioNTech, a German company, and the other by biotech startup Moderna. While small tests earlier this year showed the preventives were safe and led to participants developing antibodies against the virus, the final phase 3 testing is designed to prove whether the vaccine reduces the risk of infection.
 

News & Analysis
Healthcare Workers of Color Nearly Twice as Likely as Whites to Get COVID-19
The study findings follow other research showing that minority healthcare workers are likely to care for minority patients in their own communities, often in facilities with fewer resources. Those workers may also see a higher share of sick patients, as federal data shows minority patients were disproportionately testing positive and being hospitalized with the virus, said Dr. Utibe Essien, a physician and core investigator for the Center for Health Equity Research and Promotion in the VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System.
Road to Recovery
During Phase 1 of recovery, provider organizations will focus on the following broad areas to begin to revive their revenue streams: elective procedures and surgeries, diagnostic imaging, oncology, population health, ambulatory care, and telemedicine.
Not Every Summer Illness Is COVID-19: Decision Support Tools Can Play Key Role in Diagnosis
With the help of decision support tools, clinicians can differentiate between vector-borne diseases during a season where more people are at risk. A decision support system uses two or more items of patient data to generate case-specific advice. In practical terms, the output of such systems is used to arrive at a specific diagnosis.
PSQH: The Podcast

PSQH: The Podcast Episode 8 - Drug Diversion in Healthcare
On episode 8 of PSQH: The Podcast, host Jay Kumar talks to Tom Knight, CEO of Invistics, about drug diversion and the impact it has on hospitals.
Upcoming virtual event

Patient Safety NOW: Online Summit
Patient Safety NOW is PSQH’s exclusive online summit taking place on August 12, 2020. This free event runs from 11 am to 4:20 pm ET and features sessions on patient safety topics including hand hygiene, clinical communication, high reliability, and more. Click headline to learn more and register.
 

Industry Events

Monday, 9/14 - NAHQ Next (virtual)

Wednesday, 9/30 - Patient Experience Symposium 2020

Monday, 10/5 - ASHE 2020 Annual Conference (virtual)

Monday, 10/12 - ASHRM 2020 Annual Conference (virtual)

Wednesday, 10/14 - AHIMA20: Health Data and Information Conference (virtual)

Friday, 10/30 - ABQAURP's 43rd Annual Health Care Quality & Patient Safety Conference

Sunday, 12/6 - IHI National Forum on Quality Improvement in Health Care
 

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The CMS Compliance Crosswalk, 2020 Edition

This book shows you how to comply with each Condition of Participation (CoP) set forth by CMS and highlights which requirements from The Joint Commission and other accrediting organizations correspond to individual CoPs.

Using a table format, the book takes readers through each CoP, explains how accreditation standards differ from the CMS requirements, and offers tips and documentation suggestions for survey preparation.

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