There are varying estimates of the number of medical errors that lead to death, with numbers ranging anywhere from 200,000 to 400,000 a year .The fact that we cannot accurately measure this statistic is a problem in and of itself. Getting to “zero harm” requires health systems to connect each medical error to a process, implement system-level improvements to identify and mitigate risk across the enterprise, and constantly measure those initiatives to ensure improvements are sustained. Viewing zero-harm as "unachievable" will be a death sentence for struggling organizations. Read more to understand why organizations need to act now to make safety a priority and how Accreditation and Regulatory Management Software can help.
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The future of health equity through connected healthcare operations
RLDatix Chief Patient Safety & Risk Officer, Dr. Tim McDonald, co-presented two sessions exploring health equity and connected healthcare operations at ACHE 2024 Congress on Healthcare Leadership.
49:48Advanced Patient Safety Management: Guided By PCAST Recommendations Including CANDOR
When it comes to improving patient safety, RLDatix Chief Patient Safety & Risk Officer Dr. Tim McDonald believes everyone has a role to play.
Healing After Harm in Healthcare
Preventable harm is a devastating reality for 1 in 10 hospitalized patients, and a wall of silence in today's healthcare culture often prevents caregivers from speaking up and communicating errors
Explore the evolution of infection prevention and control from general surveillance to real-time surveillance and its impact on reporting and collaboration worldwide.
Advancing patient safety worldwide: Q&A with Drs. Tim McDonald and Darren Kilroy
Advancing patient safety worldwide: Q&A with Drs. Tim McDonald and Darren Kilroy
What does the future hold for provider lifecycle management?
In today’s healthcare landscape, organizations face increasing pressure to provide top-quality care, while also balancing cost efficiency and compliance requirements.
1:02:18Healthcare Professionals are Hurting Peer Support Solutions That Go Beyond Band-Aids
Watch Tim McDonald, Chief Patient Safety and Risk Officer, RLDatix and Alana Iglewicz , Clinical Professor of Psychiatry and Director of Wellness Initiatives, UC, San Diego School of Medicine for a 60
7 Effective Strategies to Promote Safer Care in Your Workplace
Healthcare organizations face numerous challenges when it comes to ensuring safety. Consider these seven strategies for creating a safer and more secure environment within your workplace.
How to Create a Culture of Safety in a Decentralized Healthcare Landscape
Kenneth Slifer offers some clarity about how we can move forward in an increasingly decentralized healthcare landscape and break down the silos that so often disconnect people, process and technology
From Start to Finish: Streamlining Provider Lifecycle Management to Deliver Value Back to Healthcare Organizations
Leveraging technology like RLDatix’s integrated Provider Credentialing, Privileging and Payer Enrollment solution, however, teams can take key steps toward creating an advanced provider lifecycle mana
Transform Your Approach to Provider Management with an Integrated Payer Enrollment and Credentialing Solution
Bringing together credentialing and payer enrollment — two critical aspects of the provider data management lifecycle — can help your team reduce workload, avoid delayed billing cycles and increase pr
36:15Cyber Security Strategies for Internet of Medical Things (IoMT) Devices
Learn how RLDatix and TruAsset created a secure, seamless integration, to share information, reduce risk, and stay up-to-date with the latest biomedical manufacturer information.
1:24Unlock Palooza | Personal Invitation from Jeff Surges, RLDatix CEO
RLDatix - Hear from our CEO, Jeff Surges, about why he is so excited about Palooza 2023
57:19Eliminate Your Squeaky Wheel: Shift Compliance From Reactive to Proactive
In this webinar a panel of compliance experts will share a real-world case study of how Sharp HealthCare Labs moved from a home-grown document management system to a modern, web-based solution.
Looks Can Be Deceiving – How to Avoid Multiple Findings for Single Use Devices (SUDs)
With supply chain woes and constant changes by manufacturer’s it’s difficult to keep track of Single Use Devices (SUDs) to ensure instruments are not inadvertently reused or re-sterilized.
48:15Partnering for Success - Bozeman Health’s Credentialing Journey
Listen to Bozeman Health to learn how they modernized their credentialing process by streamlining workflows, enabling data connectivity, and breaking down organizational silos.
Healthcare Quality and Risk Departments Teaming Up for Safer Care
Healthcare quality and risk departments work together to provide safest care possible.
Achieving Safer by Prioritizing a Culture of Safety
The criminal charges of former Vanderbilt nurse RaDonda Vaught have sent shockwaves through the industry. Dr. Tim McDonald poses questions to healthcare leaders and shares his own key takeaways.
Safer Together: (Actually) Reducing Clinicians’ Burdens with Technology
Our clinicians are burned out, and need our help. Providing them with well-placed, tangible tools and data to buy them time to focus on safer patient care leads to a better, safer experience for all.