Hospital Administration and the COVID-19 Pandemic (Part I)
An overview of for-profit and not-for-profit hospital administration, which lays the groundwork for understanding the crises that hospitals currently face.
Hospitals
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Read more: Maternity Care Choices in the U.K. During the COVID-19 Pandemic Maternity Care Choices in the U.K. During the COVID-19 Pandemic
One of many patient safety issues raised by the pandemic is that expectant mothers are considering freebirthing more after home births are cancelled.
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Read more: Are Clinicians Without PPE Morally Obligated to Care for COVID-19 Patients? Are Clinicians Without PPE Morally Obligated to Care for COVID-19 Patients?
Clinicians should not be obligated to perform these heroic acts, nor should we morally blame them for their decision to refuse to provide care.
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Read more: The Ostrich Syndrome and Patient Safety The Ostrich Syndrome and Patient Safety
By John Tingle Sadly, the NHS (National Health Service) in England is littered with examples of cases where individuals and organisations have seemingly buried their heads in the sand when patient safety errors have occurred. Attitudes that can be seen in past reports range from,’ it’s not my responsibility’, to procrastination, or passing the buck,…
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Read more: Toward a Safer NHS in 2020 Toward a Safer NHS in 2020
By John Tingle As the New Year begins its important to reflect on the previous year’s National Health Service (NHS) patient safety milestones in England. We should ask also whether the NHS patient safety agenda will make major advances in 2020. The year 2019 was another bumper year for NHS patient safety policy developments and…
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Read more: Enhancing Patient Safety Education and Training through Legal Study Enhancing Patient Safety Education and Training through Legal Study
By John Tingle In the new NHS Patient Safety Strategy for England there is a discussion of patient safety education and training. While safety is now better understood there are significant numbers of people who still have a limited understanding of safety science. A National Patient Safety Syllabus A commitment is made to have a…
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Read more: Maternity Scandal Hits the NHS Maternity Scandal Hits the NHS
By John Tingle Unfortunately, it’s never too long before a major NHS patient safety crisis hits the newspaper headlines in the United Kingdom. The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital Trust (SATH) maternity scandal has just become a major breaking U.K. patient safety news story. Shaun Lintern reports in The Independent: Hundreds of families whose babies died…
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Read more: Care Quality Commission Annual Assessment of Health and Social Care Care Quality Commission Annual Assessment of Health and Social Care
By John Tingle The independent regulator for health and social care in England, the Quality Care Commission (CQC) has recently published its annual report on the real-time state of health and social care in England. It analyses trends, shares examples of outstanding, good, and poor health care care practices. It provides a true, unabashed account…
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Read more: World Patient Safety Day World Patient Safety Day
By John Tingle The first “World Patient Safety Day” took place on September 17, 2019. It is an annual event and one of the World Health Organization’s (WHO) officially mandated global public health days. The aim is to create awareness of patient safety and to urge people to show their commitment to making health care…
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Read more: The Care Quality Commission (CQC) in England: Annual Review of Progress The Care Quality Commission (CQC) in England: Annual Review of Progress
By John Tingle The Care Quality Commission (CQC) occupies a pivotal role in the National Health Service (NHS) and social care sector in securing health quality and patient safety. Its inspection activities through its reports and publications form the backbone of quality and safety in these sectors. As the independent regulator of health and social…
