September/October 2018 • Vol. 2018 No. 5
SAVE THE DATE
Inside The
Issue:
Viewpoint: Why hospital
mergers raise patient
safety problems
p. 5
Nurses less likely than
physicians to speak up
about poor hand hygiene
p. 14
Why this Iowa hospital
uses essential oils in its ER
p. 16
Geisinger, Merck
roll out patient
communication tools
p. 22
Bacteria growing more
resistant to hospital
disinfectants, study finds
p. 33
8 ways hospitals are
cutting readmissions
p. 52
Dr. Toby Cosgrove: Opioid
epidemic has 'peaked'
p. 55
111 patient safety benchmarks | 2018
BECKER'S
Clinical Leadership & Infection Control
Becker's Clinical Leadership & Infection Control
compiled a list of 111 patient safety benchmarks
from various sources for hospitals to measure
individual performance and identify
opportunities for improvement.
See the full story on page 25
70+
STORIES
FEATURED
Inside The Issue
Hospitals need more reliable
practices to prevent RSIs,
says Dignity Health's SVP of
patient safety
Barbara Pelletreau, RN, senior vice
president of patient safety at San
Francisco-based Dignity Health,
spoke with Becker's about what
causes retained surgical items,
strategies hospitals can use to
prevent them and what to do if this
type of "never event" does occur.
See the full story on page 10
Is your hospital short on hugs?
How 'cuddler' programs help
NICU patients
Phoenix Children's Hospital is one of the
latest hospitals to boost care for its NICU
patients through a "No Baby Unhugged"
grant from Huggies — a $10,000 award
that supports hugging programs, where
hospital volunteers hold newborns whose
parents may live far away or are unable
to visit due to work, childcare or other
obligations.
See the full story on page 18
Becker's Hospital Review
Becker's Hospital Review 10th
Annual Meeting
April 01-04, 2019
Hyatt Regency | Chicago, Illinois
300+ Hospital and HealthSystem Executives Speaking
To learn more & register, visit: https://www.beckershospitalreview.com/conference/
