Healthcare Industry Events
How To: Hands-On Testing of Medical Devices
Overview The tragic death of a young child in a Philadelphia emergency room, caused by a malfunctioning medical device, gave birth to a new kind of organization fiercely committed to the safety...
Clinical Practice Guideline Development: Key Factors to Consider Using GRADE
Overview Clinical practice guidelines make recommendations about many aspects of patient care: risk assessment, diagnosis, prognosis, treatment, monitoring, and follow-up. Some recommendations ...
PSOs and Litigation: Maximize Your Protections
Overview Healthcare providers are challenged to protect sensitive patient safety information, while performing essential safety, risk, and quality work. Patient Safety Organizations (PSOs) can ...
Environmental Cleaning and Disinfection: Break the Chain of Infection
Overview Over the course of the last three years, infection prevention and healthcare technology management leaders needed to rapidly adjust to prevent the spread of SARS-CoV-2. Now, with the c...
Navigating Staffing Shortages: How PSOs as Learning Systems can Reduce Risks
Overview Staffing shortages pose a significant challenge to healthcare organizations. While the strain of caring for COVID-19 patients continues to decrease as the number of case drop, hospital...
Implementation science aims to discover and apply strategies that accelerate successful integration of interventions into routine practice. This initiative will provide background information on th...
The Pursuit of Prevention – Confronting Drug Diversion
Drug diversion is a serious problem that affects patients’ and health professionals’ safety. Patients may suffer from suboptimal therapy if their medications were diverted, receive substandard care...
Home-use Device Recalls: What You Need to Know to Mitigate Risk and Protect Patients
Overview When a medical device is subject to a recall, manufacturers are responsible for informing their affected customers—healthcare providers, retailers, and distributors—to prevent use of t...
Introducing ISMP’s New Targeted Medication Safety Best Practices for Community Pharmacy: 2023-2024
Join ISMP for a complimentary webinar as we seek to inspire and mobilize practitioners from around the US in the national adoption of specific consensus-based safe practices selected to reduce or e...