At every level of treatment, the resident’s length of stay is getting shorter and shorter. Post Acute Care facilities are starting to see sicker patients for shorter stays, and we are discharging sicker patients back home with home care to
Author: Lisa Chadwick
9th
Jun
Developing and Executing Strong Action Plans
We covered how to determine the Root Cause of a problem here. If you’ve identified the problem, next you need to develop and execute a strong plan of action. The action planning process is key to solving a problem at
9th
Jun
Risk Management: Getting to the Root of a Problem
Uh oh — so you’ve had an adverse risk event occur. A resident injury, an employee event, or some other unexpected outcome. And what’s worse, it’s not the first time. Ugh, you just addressed this, didn’t you? What went wrong?
25th
Feb
The Power of Communication
Effective communication is a challenge that affects all areas of health care. Often times the lack of communication alone will precipitate a resident harm event. How do you ensure that all the care providers have the necessary information to work
22nd
Feb
Workplace Violence in the News
Violent actions in the workplace are ever present in the news these days. It’s becoming more and more common to hear of violent actions performed against healthcare workers in all the various healthcare environments. And due to the nature of