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Newsletter Archives

Past Issues

November 18, 2020: Patient Safety Beat

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What's inside

  • Meeting new rules for expanding patient access to records
  • New COVID visitation guidelines aim to strike a balance
  • Join the conversation and share your telehealth experiences
  • Dr. Michael Filbin on managing COVID-19, flu and sepsis

October 28, 2020: Patient Safety Beat

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What's inside

  • Flu shots required for all personnel in LTC and assisted living
  • Will Erickson on labor-management collab. at UMass Memorial to boost flu vaccine rates
  • Virtual peer support to help frontline providers cope with COVID-19

September 16, 2020: Patient Safety Beat

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What's inside

  • Betsy Lehman Center offers home/health care PPE how-to videos
  • Boosting sepsis awareness, especially in communities of color
  • New plan to renew focus and nat'l coordination on safety efforts
  • BWH study finds low risk of hospital-acquired COVID-19

September 1, 2020: Patient Safety Beat

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What's inside

  • Rapid response teams for nursing homes short-staffed by COVID-19
  • Safely operating flu vaccination sites during COVID-19
  • Bringing equity to safety and quality work, too

August 20, 2020: Patient Safety Beat

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What's inside

  • Expanding database of vetted COVID-19 clinical care guidelines
  • Updated resources for safe dental care during the pandemic
  • Getting better at telehealth, together

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Featured stories

  • New report supports effort to reinvigorate Patient and Family Advisory Councils in Massachusetts (Feb 2026)
  • Cost of harm in MA hospitals pegged at $2.14 billion annually (May 2025)
  • Q&A with Bryan Sexton on "bite-sized" well-being interventions (Mar 2025)
  • New CMS rule incentivizes hospitals to attest to safety measures (Summer 2024)

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