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Depression Screenings: Taking “Universal Precautions” Against Depression
September 14, 2021
By Richard Juman, PsyD, Director of Behavioral Health Policy and Regulations, Co-Chair, Clinician Resiliency Core Group As National Depression Screening Day approaches on October 7, it’s important to highlight the value of identifying depression. Both the World Health Organization and the United Nations Health Agency report that depression, on its own, is a leading...
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It’s Safe to go to the Emergency Room
July 28, 2021
The COVID-19 pandemic changed life for all of us, and it also significantly changed healthcare. For patients, it created a new atmosphere of fear and worry. A trip to the emergency room is always scary, but the pandemic heightened these fears. Many patients began putting off essential care because they were afraid to contract COVID-19....
Prioritizing Patient Safety in OB/GYN Care
April 23, 2021
By Khadeja Haye, MD, MBA, FACOG, National Medical Director, Acute Hospitalist Medicine, OB/GYN Hospitalist Patient safety is a combination of many factors in healthcare. At its core, it hinges on reducing potential harm to patients. While patient safety is vital in every medical specialty field, it is critical in obstetrics and gynecology. OB/GYN Hospitalists...
- National Patient Safety Awareness Week
- National Patient Safety Awareness Week 2020
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- TeamHealth’s Patient Safety Organization (THPSO)
March 8-14 is Patient Safety Awareness Week!
March 10, 2020
Three pillars of excellent patient care are patient safety, clinical quality and risk management. At TeamHealth we have robust processes in place to ensure that we are successful with each pillar. In celebration of Patient Safety Awareness Week, let’s take a minute to recognize the great work that we do to enhance patient safety. One...
National Patient Safety Awareness Week 2019: The Opioid Work Group
March 12, 2019
National Patient Safety Awareness Week is March 10-16. Although the TeamHealth Patient Safety Organization has an extensive portfolio of initiatives in place, we want to highlight how the TeamHealth Opioid Work Group assists clinicians with improving patient safety and the quality of healthcare delivery in the midst of our nation’s opioid epidemic. According to Centers...
It’s National Patient Safety Week!
March 14, 2018
March 11-17 is National Patient Safety Week. This initiative first began in 2002 by the National Patient Safety Foundation and is meant to increase awareness about patient safety. To celebrate, we want to share some information about the great work that the TeamHealth Patient Safety Organization (THPSO) is doing to assist our clinicians with improving...