Patient Safety Predictions for 2025, Part 1
PSQH reached out to experts throughout healthcare to get their predictions for what will happen in patient safety and healthcare quality in 2025. We received so many predictions this time around that we’re breaking it up into two parts. Here’s Part 1 of what they had to say.
Healthcare Leaders Must Focus on Safety to Stabilize their Workforce
The connection between workplace violence and patient care is often overlooked, but the truth is that workplace safety directly impacts patient care.
How CMOs Can Combat Workplace Violence
Healthcare organizations carry a heavy workplace violence burden, with about three-quarters of U.S. workplace assaults occurring in healthcare settings, according to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration. Workplace violence is prevalent in emergency departments—78% of emergency physicians have reported being targets of workplace violence in the prior 12 months.
Anticipating OSHA’s Healthcare Rulemakings
OSHA has been developing three industry-specific rulemakings that could significantly impact healthcare industry compliance. By the end of the year, the industry could see one new final regulation and two proposed rules.
Reducing Workplace Violence for Nurses
According to the Emergency Nurses Association, seven out of 10 emergency room nurses report being kicked or hit on the job, and one in four nurses in general report having experienced workplace violence involving a patient—and that such violence is underreported.
NIOSH: Healthcare Workers Receiving Reusable Respirators Rate Safety Climate ‘High’
According to a survey by NIOSH, healthcare workers who received reusable respirators, such as elastomeric half-mask respirators, during the COVID-19 pandemic gave high marks on the safety climate at their workplaces. The institute highlighted its respiratory research and promotion efforts in its September eNews.
Texas’ New Healthcare Workplace Violence Law: What It Requires
As violence against healthcare workers occurs with greater frequency than in any other industry, the state of Texas is requiring healthcare facilities to adopt workplace violence prevention plans by September 1, 2024.
PSQH: The Podcast Episode 111 – The Need for Workplace Violence Prevention Training in Healthcare
On episode 111 of PSQH: The Podcast, Tony Jace, CEO of the Crisis Prevention Institute, talks about the level of workplace violence faced by healthcare professionals and how to improve training.
OSHA Cites Subcontractor for Asbestos Exposures in Hospital Demolition
Chicago-area subcontractor K.L.F. Enterprises faces $392,002 in OSHA fines for exposing its employees and others to asbestos during the structural demolition of a Waukegan, Illinois, hospital, the agency announced May 15.
CMOs Have Key Role to Play Addressing Staff Mistreatment in OB-GYN Field
The recently published research article conducted a systematic review of 10 studies on harassment and 12 studies on interventions. One study that examined harassment rates in several medical specialties found that OB-GYN was second only to general surgery in specialties linked to the highest rates of sexual harassment.