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Working in the Dark: How to Prepare for a Blackout

Scrubs

During the summer of 2019, Mount Sinai Hospital West in New York City endured a crippling five-hour blackout. Staff Training and Awareness Once you’ve established a response plan, it’s time to educate your team. Over the last few years, we’ve seen several high-profile outages within the healthcare industry.

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The Telemedicine Tightrope: How to Keep Patients Safe and Satisfied 

American Medical Compliance

dollars in global market value in 2019 to nearly 460 billion U.S. Dispose of records securely when they are no longer needed. Continuous Staff Training Train healthcare staff on HIPAA compliance guidelines and telemedicine-specific security protocols. dollars by 2030.

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The VIP treatment: A comprehensive post-fall assessment guideline

American Nurse

These studies indicate that staff training may be an effective tool to reduce the incidence of inaccurate post-fall assessments, thereby decreasing the risk of missing potentially fatal injuries. 2019; 48(Suppl 2):ii1-10. January 2013. Age Ageing. doi:10.1093/ageing/afz055.31 American College of Surgeons.

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12 Days of Compliance Countdown

Relias

You’ve got to figure out what the new regulations are, when they’re going to hit, and how to get your staff trained up to stay in compliance with the newest changes. The video training you have isn’t up to date anymore. The post 12 Days of Compliance Countdown appeared first on Relias.

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ECMO Nurse – The Fascinating And Intense World

The Nurse Break

That is more than 2019 and 2020 combined together. We are very fortunate to work in an organisation that places a strong emphasis on ECMO training for nursing staff. We currently have more than 50% of our staff trained to prime an ECMO circuit, initiate ECMO and care for them.