The conviction of former Vanderbilt University Medical Center nurse RaDonda Vaught in March for negligent homicide and gross neglect of an impaired adult due to a medical error made headlines nationwide. Organizations such as the American Organization for Nursing Leadership and the American...
Hospitals made strides in patient safety in the past decade, according to information collected from the Leapfrog Group. The nonprofit watch dog estimates that about 16,000 lives were saved over the last 10 years due to these improvements.
The Leapfrog Group recently released the fall...
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 31, Issue 11
Communication is generally acknowledged as a two-way flow of information between a sender and a receiver. In theory, the sender generates a message that is forwarded to the receiver, who captures the message and then formulates a response that is returned to the sender.
In a newly released framework that focuses on worker mental health and well-being, the United States Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy advises business leaders to create policies and practices to support workers.
The medical staff office doesn’t assess practitioners’ competence, but MSPs can ensure that the organized medical staff has the bylaws, policies, and procedures in place to conduct a consistent, fair, effective, and well-documented peer review process. In addition, the medical staff services...
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 31, Issue 10
The U.S. healthcare staffing crisis is severely impacting patients. Among other effects, it is causing a dramatic increase in the length of expensive hospital stays.