Patient Safety Awareness Week is an annual event intended to encourage everyone to learn more about health care safety. The World Health Organization estimates that 134 million adverse events occur each year due...
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As a nurse, it is crucial to understand the difference between nursing procedures and policies. Both are essential elements that contribute to patient and employee safety. Nurses need a basic...
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By Tina Nelson For obvious reasons, organizational policies, practice guidelines, and protocols have required continuous changes over the last two years. With the constant evolution of health policy during the COVID...
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There is nothing like a national public health emergency to highlight the challenges of regulatory compliance for hospitals and other health care facilities. Compliance Officers and compliance departments have been...
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Human trafficking is the fastest-growing criminal industry in the world and is the second-largest source of income for organized crime. Human trafficking has been reported in every single state in the United...
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There are few jobs tougher than that of a compliance officer, quality director or policy and procedure coordinator, especially in today’s rapidly-changing healthcare landscape. Your responsibilities may seem straightforward—staying ahead...
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“The risks associated with writing, updating, and implementing policies and procedures are often under-appreciated by healthcare managers” (Irving, A.V. 2014). Sound familiar? Those of us writing, updating, and implementing policies and procedures...
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