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In Pandemic’s Wake, We Must Recommit to Patient and Workforce Safety

December 13, 2022

Valdez

In a new AHRQ Views blog, Director Robert Otto Valdez, Ph.D., M.H.S.A., describes the co-creation of a new public–private group that will recommit to ensuring the safety of patients and the healthcare workforce. Formation of the National Healthcare System Action Alliance to Advance Patient Safety was announced at a Nov. 14 HHS safety event attended by 800 people online and 200 in person. Attendees noted ongoing and new safety challenges heightened by the COVID-19 pandemic and voiced support for stronger efforts to protect patients and healthcare workers. Federal leaders cited an Institute for Healthcare Improvement  blueprint with timely solutions to persistent safety issues titled, Safer Together: A National Action Plan to Advance Patient Safety. And on Dec. 12, HHS published a new Request for Informationthat seeks public input on how the Action Alliance can be most effective; comments are due by Jan. 26. Access the blog post. To receive all blog posts, submit your email address and select “AHRQ Views Blog.”

 

Did You Miss the latest CNA Statewide Members-Only Town Hall?

The recording is now available for members. All town hall meetings are recorded and accessible on the CNA website here (member login is required).

These CNA Town Hall meetings are designed to be an open forum and a way to provide access between CNA members and CNA leaders and lobbyists. They are informative, address current topics, and open for Q&A. 

See CNA's Town Hall Guidelines and Code of Conduct Here.

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Safety Considerations for Minimizing Vaccination-Related Errors

NSO, Colorado Nurses Association preferred malpractice carrier, is hosting a webinar for Nursing Professionals December 14th at 3pm ET (1pm MST) to highlight Vaccination Errors and Prevention.  Plan now to attend.

Date: Wednesday, December 14, 2022
Time: 3:00 – 4:00 pm ET 

Click here to register! 

Webinar Overview:

According to the World Health Organization (WHO), immunizations prevent between 2 and 3 million deaths per year. Despite this success, many children and adults in the US remain vulnerable to the 17 vaccine-preventable diseases. Although vaccination ranks high among the greatest public health achievements of the twentieth century, the success of any individual vaccine relies on correct and widespread administration to the appropriate patient population. Vaccine errors threaten to undermine the protection immunizations provide and often leave patients inadequately protected against serious diseases such as hepatitis A and B, pertussis, diphtheria, cervical cancer, and many others. This program will review events submitted to the ISMP National Vaccine Errors Reporting Program (VERP) and will include a discussion of the risks associated with vaccine errors, including COVID-19. There will be a review of the common types of errors involving vaccines as well as a discussion of best practices for preventing errors as well as patient harm that may occur when errors involve vaccines.

 Speakers:

  • Michael Cohen, RPh, MS, ScD (hon), DPS (hon), FASHP, Founder and President Emeritus at the Institute for Safe Medication Practices (ISMP)
  • Ronald Zentz, RPh, DDS, FAGD, CPHRM, Risk Control Consulting Director, CNA
  • Jennifer Flynn, CPHRM, Risk Manager, Healthcare Providers Service Organization (NSO)

 

 

An All New Webinar For Nurse Leaders

The Criminalization of Nursing Errors: What Nurse Leaders Can Do to Ensure Patient Safety, Support Staff, and Promote a Just Culture

An all-newfree On-Demand Webinar by Edie Brous, JD, RN. Register now to view this webinar immediately or anytime, anywhere! Registration is required for all viewers, including individuals and groups.*
In today’s challenging healthcare environment, with high pandemic-induced nurse burnout and moral injury along with staffing shortages, adverse events and near misses are not uncommon. The recent case of RaDonda Vaught, who was found guilty and sentenced to three years supervised probation after mistakenly administering the wrong medication that killed an elderly patient, makes it clear that nurses can be prosecuted and face the risk of being imprisoned for errors. The efforts to develop a just culture within which nurses trust that they can and should report errors without blame are now in danger of weakening or being abandoned.
 
 

The American Nurses Foundation and United Health Foundation Partnership

On Dec. 1, the American Nurses Foundation and the United Health Foundation, the philanthropic foundation of UnitedHealth Group (NYSE: UNH), announced a three-year, $3.1 million grant partnership to fight nurse burnout with the Stress & Burnout Prevention Pilot program.

Read the press release on Nursing World.

 
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