The Patient Safety Advocate, Edition 2: Culture and Communications

  • October 1, 2014

Cultivating a Culture of Patient Safety

When it comes to cultivating a culture of patient safety, we know we must do it, but often get lost in the how-to part.

On-Demand Webinar: Enhancing Documentation Practices for Improved Patient Care
In this one-hour program, the team of risk management and patient safety experts at CAP offers time-saving techniques for establishing and maintaining an efficient documentation system.
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Empathy and Support in the Immediate Aftermath of an Unanticipated Outcome

Both unanticipated clinical outcomes and adverse events are devastating for patients, families, and involved clinicians.

Preventing Readmissions Through MD Communication

Good communication between hospitalists and primary care physicians at the time of discharge is critical to patient safety and to the reduction of risk.

Health Literacy Month

According to the Department of Health and Human Services, low health literacy predisposes patients to poor health outcomes and higher rates of preventable hospital admissions.

 

 

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