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Leapfrog Group: Hospital Patient Experience, Safety Measures Improve

May 1, 2024
Report shows all patient experience measures significantly improving since fall 2023, but the measures are still far below pre-pandemic levels
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Hospitals Recognized for Patient Safety Endeavors
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CDC Defines 7 Core Elements to Bolster Hospital Sepsis Programs

Aug. 29, 2023
The Sepsis Core Elements are intended to be a ‘manager’s guide’ to organizing staff and identify the resources that will help bring sepsis rates down and survival rates up
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Study: To Avoid Burnout, Clinicians Want More Than Resilience Training

July 10, 2023
Forty-seven percent of nurses and 32 percent of physicians experienced high burnout, according to 2021 survey in 60 Magnet-recognized hospitals
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Leapfrog Group Report Identifies Racial Disparities in Patient Safety

June 7, 2023
Black patients experience a higher incidence of surgery-related complications than white patients, including 34 percent higher rates of sepsis after surgery, report finds
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Healthcare-Associated Infections Spike, Leapfrog Group Says

May 3, 2023
Organization’s Safety Grades also show a continued decline in patient experience measures
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ECRI: Pediatric Mental Health Is Top Patient Safety Concern

March 13, 2023
‘The challenges caused by the pandemic turned a bad situation into a crisis,’ says ECRI CEO Marcus Schabacker, M.D., Ph.D. ‘We’re approaching a national public health emergency...