Up to one-third of patients with critical injuries are first taken to the closest non-trauma-specialized hospital before being transferred to a higher-level trauma center. But these transfers can take ...
The National Transitions of Care Coalition Advisory Task Force has published a free, downloadable transitions of care checklist. This checklist provides a detailed description of effective patient ...
The Virginia Department of Medical Assistance Services provides a free, downloadable and interactive (fillable) model form for to facilitate information sharing when individuals move between hospitals ...
Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta set a new benchmark for large-scale hospital moves Sept. 29 when it successfully transferred more than 200 patients to its new $1.5 billion Arthur M. Blank Hospital in ...
Creating a safe patient handling program can help reduce injuries and time lost due to injury. Working in healthcare poses many safety concerns, including exposure to illness, physical injury, and ...
Evidence shows that inadequate consultation time and unclear clinical information contribute to roughly 25 to 30 percent of ...
HIQA has warned of patient safety risks at Our Lady's Hospital, Navan due to the lack of acute surgical services on site.
The recently proposed Health Data, Technology, and Interoperability rule proposes the elimination of core patient-safety ...
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