September 2008
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NQF announces consensus standards on public reporting
The National Quality Forum (NQF) in August announced its endorsement of 67 clinician-level consensus standards that could promote higher quality healthcare in several fields, including infectious disease and perioperative care. . .
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Making your workplace healthy
 Open communication among members of the surgical team is critical to creating a healhty perioperative work environment Photo credit: Baylor Hamilton Heart and Vascular Hospital. |
If you don’t feel empowered to question a colleague or can’t effectively communicate with staff and leadership, then you may be working in an environment that is unhealthy, and your patients are likely suffering for it. Read more+ |
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