High Reliability Organization
The 3 Pillars of High Reliability
Exploring the Pillars of High Reliability in healthcare
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High Reliability Organization
Defining the Buzzwords: What is a High Reliability Organization?
The focus of health care improvement efforts now rests on the goal of becoming a High Reliability Organization (HRO).
Electronic Rounding
Social Media Connecting Patients and Providers
Hospitals today are using social media to stay connected with their patients; it has become a vital tool for patient communication and care.
Electronic Rounding
6 Reasons to Be Thankful for Our Healthcare System
Reasons to Be Thankful for Our Healthcare System
Electronic Rounding
8 Must-Haves for Any Hospital Checklist
A hospital checklist assists staff in staying on task & completing their rounds while being efficient and timely. Find out what's needed on a list.
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Preventable Medical Errors - A Leading Killer in the U.S.
Recent studies show that preventable medical errors may now be the third leading cause of death in the U.S, up exceedingly from 98,000 per year.
Patient Safety & Clinical Quality
Hospital Safety Regulations Killing Chances for Quality Improvement
While the focus on a safety culture is continuously increasing, important safety numbers have stagnated, not improving in a decade of time.
How Effective is Your Improvement Process Platform?
We know in order for a hospital to make actionable improvement and enhance and patient care, it needs a proven, tested improvement process platform.
High Reliability in Hospitals – Improvement Process Platforms: 3 Things to Initially Consider
High reliability deployment in hospitals begins with the best intentions but to ensure success, begin using an improvement process platform.
High Reliability in Hospitals – Leadership Commitment in 4 Key Steps
High reliability in necessary in hospitals to begin saving the 250 preventable deaths there are every day. Read about how leadership commitment can...
Medical Errors & Preventable Deaths - The Case for High Reliability in US Hospitals
Hospitals have a more critical to become High Reliability Organizations considering we are currently at a rate of 250 medical errors daily in...
"Why Boston's Hospitals Were Ready" - Dr. Atul Gawande's Take on Boston Hospitals' Preparedness After Bombings
Dr. Atul Gawande is one of the greatest thought leaders in healthcare. This article is his take on the Boston bombing and "why Boston's hospitals...