Victor Lane Rose, MBA, NHA, FCPP, CPASRM—Column Editor

ECRI Strategies

A Systems Approach to High Reliability Organizing in Aging Services

01/10/2023

"Health care organizations can use the structure and guiding principles of HROs to bridge gaps among key pillars of care and service delivery: quality assurance, performance improvement, and patient and worker safety," says ECRI in its latest...

"Health care organizations can...

01/10/2023

Annals of Long-Term Care

ECRI Strategies

Planning for a Sustainable Telehealth Program

10/07/2022

Victor Lane Rose, MBA, NHA, FCPP, CPASRM—Column Editor

This ECRI Strategies article describes ways in which organizations can best plan new telehealth programs, update their existing programs, and ensure that all laws and regulations regarding telehealth are understood.

This ECRI Strategies article...

10/07/2022

Annals of Long-Term Care

ECRI Strategies

Root Cause Analysis in Aging Services

02/07/2022

Victor Lane Rose, MBA, NHA, FCPP, CPASRM—Column Editor

Root cause analysis helps fulfill federal quality assurance and performance improvement requirements for skilled nursing facilities and similar state requirements that are increasingly present for other settings on the aging services...

Root cause analysis helps...

02/07/2022

Annals of Long-Term Care

ECRI Strategies

Disrespectful Behavior in Long-Term Care: New Survey From ISMP

10/01/2021

Victor Lane Rose, MBA, NHA, FCPP, CPASRM—Column Editor

Judy Smetzer, BSN, RN, FISMP—Vice President Institute for Safe Medication Practices

To better understand the occurrences of disrespectful behavior in health care—which can jeopardize an individual’s psychological safety, emotional health, and overall wellbeing—ECRI and the Institute for Safe Medication Practices are seeking...

To better understand the...

10/01/2021

Annals of Long-Term Care

ECRI Strategies

Outbreak Response: Cohort Unit Design to Protect Residents, Staff, and Visitors

09/20/2021

Victor Lane Rose, MBA, NHA, FCPP, CPASRM—Column Editor

Cohort units may require a lot of planning, money, time, and other resources. But when combined with other outbreak response practices, effective cohorting helps prevent the devastating harm that can result from infection transmission within...

Cohort units may require a lot...

09/20/2021

Annals of Long-Term Care