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MARCH 18, 2025

Planning Staffing Power Supplies Facilities Communication Practice 1. Develop and update your emergency response plan As an individual citizen, dealing with blizzard conditions is challenging enough, but as a healthcare leader, there are many more variables and dependencies to cover.

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FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Healthcare organizations can use this strategy when interviewing nurses. Let’s consider some behavior-based questions that can help you gather information on the characteristics and skills nurses need for success in today’s complex healthcare environment — and identify the nurse candidates who possess them.

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NOVEMBER 6, 2023

For example, if someone entered the workforce during the COVID-19 pandemic, remote work (if possible), masking, and text-based communication may seem like the norm. To effectively manage workers from so many generations, you need to keep three simple tips in mind: communication, respect, and engagement.

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Relias

AUGUST 5, 2022

New dad Vince Baiera is no stranger to healthcare. Eventually he transitioned out of nursing and into education, where he taught at the college level, then moved into the business side of healthcare. The Baieras made a fully informed decision that aligned with their wishes based on good communication with their healthcare providers.

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Relias

MARCH 10, 2025

For many healthcare organizations around the country, knowing how to prepare for an ice storm is critical. From downed power lines to dangerous driving conditions and more, ice storms can pose a serious problem to patient and staff safety alike. Heres how healthcare facilities can stay ready.

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MARCH 5, 2025

With its rapid-acting benefits and potential to reduce suicidality, ketamine is becoming an increasingly important tool in behavioral healthcare. However, as its use expands, so do the challenges of ensuring patient safety, regulatory compliance, and ethical administration. Educating patients on proper medication use.

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Relias

OCTOBER 25, 2022

Adapting communications to meet urgent needs. Communication is always a key priority in a high reliability-focused organization. Taking a disciplined approach to incorporate interventions aligned to support patient safety as a core value is imperative, especially during a pandemic.

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OCTOBER 28, 2022

A well-designed care coordination process benefits patients, providers, and payer organizations. Improved care quality and patient safety, reduced readmissions and ER visits, and lower healthcare costs are just some of the positive outcomes of effective care coordination. Assessing communication and collaboration.

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FEBRUARY 3, 2022

The study compared two cohorts, one onboarded using an assessment-driven personalized learning plan, demonstrating: 8% improvement in communication. Healthcare leaders agree that effective onboarding is key to new nurse success, but often struggle to provide evidence-based support for specific onboarding programs. Role of Relias.

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Relias

DECEMBER 16, 2022

Not long ago, city bystanders would erupt in applause during shift changes as healthcare providers exited and entered hospitals. Their applause signaled gratitude for the healthcare heroes bravely battling the front lines of the COVID-19 pandemic. These statistics are unsustainable in the healthcare industry.

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Relias

MAY 19, 2023

Limitations Laissez-faire nursing isn’t necessarily a good fit for the healthcare industry due to the constant change and need for quick decision-making. Limitations Autocratic nurse leadership does not tend to promote trust or communication among a team. driving for zero pressure ulcers, etc.).

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Community Care

JANUARY 19, 2023

The government and NHS England should produce an implementation plan for the NHS’s non-legislative programmes to address inequalities in mental healthcare. Reforming community treatment orders (CTOs) The draft bill would tighten criteria for the use of CTOs. Also, the duty should be strengthened by removing the words “seek to”.

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MARCH 16, 2022

How’s your organization doing in keeping your patients safe? Patient Safety Awareness Week is March 13-19, 2022, so it’s a good time to ask this question and make an honest assessment of where you stand. What is Patient Safety Awareness Week? To Improve Patient Safety, Culture is Everything.

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Relias

MAY 24, 2023

­Healthcare workforce safety depends on both nurse safety and patient safety. Nurses and other healthcare staff rely on safe working environments, capable leaders, support for personal well-being, and of course, respect. Conversely, inadequate staffing negatively impacts nurse safety and patient safety.

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Relias

MAY 24, 2023

­Healthcare workforce safety depends on both nurse safety and patient safety. Nurses and other healthcare staff rely on safe working environments, capable leaders, support for personal well-being, and of course, respect. Conversely, inadequate staffing negatively impacts nurse safety and patient safety.

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Relias

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Medical errors are a healthcare professional’s worst nightmare. One of the most effective ways to reduce this number is by focusing on patient safety in nursing. For many hospitals, achieving better outcomes begins with the implementation of improved patient safety protocols. What is patient safety in nursing?

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Relias

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

While most healthcare organizations have eight-hour shifts, many hospitals have relied on 12-hour shifts since the 1970s. But the effect of long nurse work hours on patient safety is an area of concern. Many concerns with 12-hour shifts are tied to nurse overtime and patient safety.

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Relias

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

In today’s complex healthcare environment, consistently delivering safe, high-quality care is both challenging and necessary. High reliability in healthcare is essential for minimizing errors, improving patient outcomes, and embedding a culture of safety in every aspect of care delivery.

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OCTOBER 12, 2024

Healthcare leaders should implement these steps in all hospitals, clinics, and other healthcare facilities. Below, we explore each phase and highlight essential strategies for healthcare leaders to consider when planning for emergencies.

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Relias

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

Healthcare organizations have been using a quality improvement framework consisting of six attributes — safe, effective, patient-centered, timely, efficient, and equitable — for decades. But new research has expanded the framework to include elements that address more recent challenges in healthcare and in society.

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Relias

JULY 14, 2022

Lora Sparkman, MHA, RN, BSN, Partner, Patient Safety and Quality at ReliasAlarmingly, the maternal mortality rate in the U.S. These grim statistics are not news for healthcare organizations. Lora Sparkman, MHA, RN, BSN, Partner, Patient Safety and Quality, Relias. A Personal Story of Maternal Mental Health.

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Relias

JULY 20, 2023

We must improve care in this area of maternal health by strengthening screening, diagnosis, treatment, follow-up, and ongoing care using recommended screening tools and evidence-based best practices, as well as developing innovative culturally appropriate community-based programs. What is in the Maternity Care Action Plan?

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