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The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) posted new resources to assist organizations in establishing and improving learning health systems (LHSs).
An article now available online from the July 2019 issue of The Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety will detail findings from a 2018 conference sponsored by The Pew Charitable Trusts and The Joint Commission.
Palliative and end-of-life care programs are encouraged to apply for the American Hospital Association (AHA) Circle of Life Awards. The annual honor celebrates innovation in programs that work to embed palliative and end-of-life care in a variety of settings.
Joint Commission-accredited skilled nursing centers now have a new tool at their disposal: a dashboard report that shows their performance on select measures compared to national and state averages and those of other organizations accredited by The Joint Commission. The dashboard uses data from the…
A new meta-analysis from the University of Pennsylvania’s Nursing Center for Health Outcomes and Policy Research found significant associations between poor work environments and negative outcomes for both nurses and patients. Associations with nurse job dissatisfaction, burnout and plans to…
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has issued new guidelines for screening health care workers for tuberculosis (TB).
The American Hospital Association (AHA) Physician Alliance released a resource to help hospital and health system leaders address burnout in their organizations.
Many factors associated with hospital and health care environments, including patient mobility challenges and other special needs, complicate traditional response efforts during active shooter incidents.