Threats and acts of violence have continued to escalate in
health care organizations and physician practices across the nation[i].
The following are...
Informed consent can be a confusing concept. In addition to different
components of consent to understand,
there are regulatory, state and federal mandates...
Hospitals and health care employers often rely exclusively on injury data, patient falls and OSHA logs for decision making on safe patient handling...
Research supports the assumption that animals have a positive effect on people including hospitalized patients. But not all people are animal friendly and not...
Events of the past decade have changed how Americans view safety and security. While physician offices and ambulatory medical facilities won’t require the...
Great food, blue jeans, cowboy boots and live honky-tonk music. My October ASHRM 2018 Annual Conference experience in Nashville was exceptional. Friendly...
The internet of things (IoT) consists of objects endowed with computing power through processors or imbedded sensors that are capable of transmitting...
Breaking up with difficult patients is a hot topic for health care providers. Having a properly structured termination process for the ambulatory/physician...
The American Society for Health Care Risk Management White Paper Telemedicine Risk Management Considerations offers a brief history and definitions of...
A member of the American Society of Hospital Risk Management for more than a decade, Rebecca F. Cady exemplifies the healthcare professional who follows a...