Preventing Patient Identification Errors
Before organizations can find solutions to patient identification errors, a root cause analysis based on past misidentifications should be conducted.
Creating a Culture of Caregiver Support
Researchers urge proactive, positive programs to protect healthcare workers from burnout, trauma, and abuse.
Incontinence-Associated Dermatitis: An Avoidable and Preventable Complication of Care
As a form of healthcare-acquired skin injury, Incontinence-associated dermatitis, is now recognized as both avoidable and preventable.
Clinical Trials, Genetic Testing, and Personalized Medicine
As medicine marches toward its embrace of personalized medicine and immunotherapy, researchers struggle to obtain meaningful discoveries that can be applied to the ever-expanding number of patient cohorts.
Telling True Stories Is an ISMP Hallmark. Here’s Why You Should Tell Stories, Too.
Data plays a crucial role in facilitating improvement, but the right story can also have the power to inspire and incite change, including with manufacturers, regulatory agencies, accrediting agencies, and standard-setting organizations.