Field Notes

The pace of hospital life tends to stay continuously busy, with patient equipment such as wheelchairs and stretchers ...

As we move into the latter part of the year, we look forward to the Holiday season.  Many ...

Communicating effectively with patients is an essential patient rights requirement and a key element in helping patients to ...

Colds, flu, and other respiratory illnesses are more common in colder months. People are indoors more often, allowing ...

With the use of caustic and other dangerous chemicals in healthcare facilities, it's imperative your staff can readily ...

Have you ever opened your medication refrigerators and looked at what is actually in them?  Recently I was ...

Many organizations continue to struggle with the primary source verification requirements.  Primary Source Verification(PSV) is required for any ...

Evaluating the levels of patient quality and safety can take many different forms in healthcare organizations. Medical record ...

Medical equipment and devices that provide measurement data can be critical in patient care.  This includes the measurement ...

While surveying across the country, we frequently see the same issues over and over again.  Despite educating the ...

During Medical Staff audits, it is not unusual to have National Practitioner Data Bank queries missing in the ...

How effectively and consistently is your organization using staff badges? Staff badges are used for a variety of ...