Infection Prevention: A Job for Everyone
For this year’s International Infection Prevention Week, the focus is on shifting the mindset toward an understanding that infection prevention is everyone's responsibility.
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The IT Impact on Healthcare
There’s no doubt that IT has improved healthcare initiatives and enhanced the care that patients receive - from automating processes, improving data collection and enhancing the patient experience.
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"Everyone is Risk Management": Engaging Staff with McLaren Health
In early 2018, the team at McLaren Health discovered that fear of punitive actions was one of the single biggest actors discouraging staff from event reporting. So they set out to change the culture.
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New Report Highlights Growing Complications for Antimicrobial Resistance
What do you do when some of the most common bacteria are also the most resistant to treatment?
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Transforming Patient Relations with Non-Traditional Team Members
As healthcare processes become more digital, there’s been a renewed focus on human interaction.
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Maintaining Momentum for Quality at Memorial Medical Center
Training 30 percent more people. Implementing 30 percent more projects. Achieving 30 percent measurable improvement. For Memorial Medical Center this is a recipe to quality improvement.
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The Target Remains Zero: Continuing the Quest for Quality at Children’s Hospital Colorado
Children’s Colorado knows that the quest for quality at their organization is an ongoing pursuit, and it’s not without obstacles.
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Making Your Infection Surveillance Data Work for You
Data’s power lies in how you use it. Take a look at creative uses of infection surveillance data and how to get the most out of the information you’re taking in.
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Trading Checklists for a System's Approach to Quality Improvement
How can hospitals and health systems get insights into risks, prevent patient harm and development intervention protocols more effectively? By tossing out checklists in favor of a bird’s eye view.
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What Happens When Antibiotics Don't Work: Responses to Antimicrobial Resistance
What happens when there are no antibiotics left that work? Learn how organizations in Australia and New Zealand are tackling that question through antimicrobial stewardship.
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Streamlining Processes to Maximize RCAs
Bryan Health was always attuned to how event reviews could help them meet their patient safety goals - learn the tools and strategies they used to make it a reality.
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Peer Review's Role in Safety and Quality
Peer reviews have shifted to transform an intimidating process into one that focuses on shared learning rather than individual blame. Along the way, the technology that supports them has changed too.
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Things We Read and Loved: Achieving High Reliability in Healthcare
As healthcare has embraced the teachings of high reliability organizations, its principles have become mainstays in efforts to monitor and drive ideal outcomes.
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Educating for Engagement: RL6 Learning for Staff
A rigorous education plan to engage staff with RL6 helps Memorial Health System show staff that their feedback and efforts are important to the ultimate goal of creating the safest environment.
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Building a Strong Community Around Patient Safety
An expert from Children's Hospital Los Angeles shares how the hospital builds a strong community around patient safety, Just Culture and how RL software factors in to those goals.
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Read All About It: The Latest RL6 Features
Exciting new features are coming your way - and we promise that they're definitely worth talking about! Learn more about the upcoming RL6 release and the enhancements you can take advantage of.
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Lessons from Mass. Eye & Ear: Engaging Staff with RL Office Hours
To engage staff and promote use of the RL system, Mass. Eye & Ear started office hours to create an open forum for questions and learning.
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Need An Extra Set of Hands? Learn About Remote System Optimization
Do you sometimes wish you had an extra set of hands? Our Remote System Optimization services might just be the solution you've been looking for.
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Whose Job Is Risk Management?
Risk in healthcare is a shared responsibility, from a patients bedside to a seat at the boardroom table.So why do we associate the responsibility of risk primarily with the risk management department?
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Closing the Loop in Peer Review
Gundersen Health System has worked hard to close the loop in peer review to ensure that action plans and recommendations are being received and carried out. Learn more about their journey.
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