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Maternal deaths rates increased and disparities persisted during the pandemic, according to a Government Accountability Office report analyzing data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
The Joint Commission created a Health Care Equity Accreditation Standards & Resource Center to help organizations meet its health care equity standards, which go into effect in January 2023.
Individuals and organizations working to advance health equity can apply for up to $50,000 in funding from the AARP Center for Health Equity through Nursing and the Future of Nursing: Campaign for Action.
The Joint Commission this week released a list of 10 practices hospital leaders can pursue to reduce diagnostic errors. Published in The Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety
An American Hospital Association podcast features Peter Pronovost, PhD, MD, chief quality and clinical transformation officer at University Hospitals Health System in Cleveland.
The Department of Health and Human Services will host a listening session on Nov. 14 from 1:00 to 2:40 p.m. ET with health care systems and other stakeholders on its plan to create a National Healthcare System Action Alliance to Advance Patient Safety.
The National Advisory Committee for the Hospital Incident Command System encourages hospitals and health systems to complete by Nov. 30 a survey on the system’s emergency management performance during the past few years to identify potential improvements.
The Department of Health and Human Services last week announced it was awarding $13 million to strengthen nursing education.
A shooter last week killed two employees at Methodist Dallas Medical Center in Texas. The police arrested and took the suspect to another hospital for treatment after a confrontation.
To help hospitals and health systems protect their employees and patients, AONL and the Emergency Nurses Association recently updated their Guiding Principles on Mitigating Workplace Violence.