Improving Pain Medication Practices
Safe and effective pain management requires healthcare organizations to thoroughly address gaps in pain medication practices, ensuring clear orders, and more.
Safe and effective pain management requires healthcare organizations to thoroughly address gaps in pain medication practices, ensuring clear orders, and more.
Inconsistencies in interpreting seizure precautions can lead to gaps in patient care and potential harm. Learn how to ensure consistency through protocols.
Explore TJC’s new Emergency Management Chapter for Ambulatory Care, key updates and what they mean for your organization’s emergency preparedness efforts.
Explore the key changes in TJC’s new Infection Control Chapter, designed to align with CDC guidelines and enhance infection prevention practices. Read more!
Learn the challenges organizations face with solution testing strips and the best practices to address expiration dates, documentation, and strip selection.
Prioritize medication safety by updating important drug lists based on ISMP’s latest update for high-alert medications, look-alike/sound-alike drugs, and more.
Learn about the new and updated 2024 Joint Commission standards for preventing workplace violence in behavioral healthcare settings. Read more.
Learn the key components of effective healthcare employee orientation including house-wide, departmental and job-specific training to integrate & retain staff.
It is important that staff are educated, trained, and competent on the use of the borescope. Improper processing can compromise the health, care, and safety of the patient.
On February 8, 2024 CMS published a new Fact Sheet, focused on their efforts to Strengthen their Oversight of Accrediting Organizations. Learn more.