TDS Health Blog

Category: Patient Safety and Quality Improvement

  • Now Available: AAFP Conditions A-Z Patient Information Instructions

    Now Available: AAFP Conditions A-Z Patient Information Instructions

    The value-added (free to all current subscribers) STAT!Ref resource AAFP Conditions A-Z now includes an optional form that can be used by clinicians to give patients instructions about their treatment, procedure and prescribed medications. AAFP Conditions A-Z is a handy patient-information tool created by the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP), a national medical organization representing more…

  • STAT!Ref Core Resources Collections Available through TDS Health

    STAT!Ref Core Resources Collections Available through TDS Health

    How can STAT!Ref help you find the content you need based on your specific needs? Available from TDS Health STAT!Ref currently has over 500 resources offered in over 50 healthcare disciplines. Content available is very expansive, but with our select Core Resources Collections we have designed custom packages that highlight some of the top suggested resources categorized by…

  • New Editions Now Available in Patient Safety and Quality Improvement, Dental Hygiene, Internal Medicine and Orthopaedics

    Browse the following New STAT!Ref Editions to see if any of these updates pertain to titles that you have or would like to include in your subscription. Click here to contact your STAT!Ref representative for more information about these resources or see below to learn more. The 2017 Environment of Care Crosswalk is a one-stop-shop…

  • STAT!Ref Newest Title Editions

    Did you know that several of STAT!Ref’s resources are updated often, sometimes with supplemental updates monthly? To stay aware, you can always find supplemental updates, along with new titles and editions, via the STAT!Ref website by clicking here. Updates are always automatically available within your subscription, with no extra work, no change in access and…

  • New STAT!Ref Editions: Hospital Compliance Assessment Checklist and Taber’s 23

    Browse the following new STAT!Ref editions to see if any of these updates pertain to titles that you have or would like to include in your subscription. A straightforward, hands-on resource, the 2017 Hospital Compliance Assessment Checklist engages staff and leadership in accreditation activities with questions, checklists, and tracer tools. This self-assessment workbook is designed…

  • STAT!Ref Core Resources Collections for Dentistry, Nursing, Pediatrics and More

    How can STAT!Ref help you find the content you need based on your specific needs? With over 600+ resources offered in over 50 healthcare disciplines our content is very expansive, but with the our select STAT!Ref Core Resources Collections we have designed custom packages that highlight some of the top suggested resources categorized by discipline…

  • EE+ and Truven Health Resources: A Single Solution for Powerful Clinical Decision Support

    When you combine Truven Health Resources and Essential Evidence Plus™ from STAT!Ref you have the tools to help deliver patient-specific clinical decision support at the point of care. Health professionals trust EE+, Clinical Checklist®, Lab Advisor™ and DrugPoints® System to improve patient outcomes through utilization of evidence-based medicine. To learn more about these essential point…

  • Joint Commission Resources: Patient Safety and Quality Care

    It is well known that Joint Commission Resources (JCR) is a global, knowledge-based organization that provides innovative solutions designed to help health care organizations improve patient safety and quality. The Joint Commission is also the nation's oldest and largest standards-setting and accrediting body in health care. Available from STAT!Ref, the following Joint Commission Resources are making…

  • New and Updated Joint Commission Resources

    When a serious patient safety event (such as a sentinel event) occurs, it is critical for the health care organization to understand the system failures or defects that contributed to that event. Newly added to the STAT!Ref Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Collection, Root Cause Analysis in Health Care: Tools and Techniques, provides a systematic…

  • New STAT!Ref Editions: Microbiology, Primary Care & PSQI

    New editions are published throughout the year for many of the titles in STAT!Ref. Browse the following list to see if any of these updates pertain to titles that you have or would like to include in your subscription. As a reminder, when STAT!Ref gets a new edition to a resource subscribers already purchase, they…

  • New STAT!Ref Editions: Dentistry and Patient Safety & Quality Improvement

    We are excited to share with you the newest dentistry and patient safety editions recently added to STAT!Ref. As a reminder, all STAT!Ref content is full-text, cross-searchable and every single resource is available on the STAT!Ref Mobile App. Already have these resources? When STAT!Ref gets a new edition to a resource subscribers already purchase, they…

  • New Important Nursing Editions

    Recently added to our growing STAT!Ref Nursing collection are two new editions for NANDA International Nursing Diagnoses: Definitions & Classification and Oxford Textbook of Palliative Nursing. NANDA International Nursing Diagnoses: Definitions & Classification is the definitive guide to nursing diagnoses, as reviewed and approved by NANDA-I. The 2015–2017 edition of the classic and internationally recognized text…

  • New edition: Hospital Compliance Assessment Checklist

    Patient Safety and Quality Improvement resources are vital to a hospital's internal compliance process, and to all levels in an organization to encourage continuous systems improvement. New to our Core Resources Collection for Patient Safety & Quality Improvement, the easy-to-use 2015 Hospital Compliance Assessment Checklist allows you to assess your hospital's compliance with the 2015…

  • New editions: Environment of Care® Crosswalk and Joint Commission and CMS Crosswalk

    Environment of Care® Crosswalk and Joint Commission and CMS Crosswalk have been updated for 2015 and STAT!Ref has them available now. Environment of Care® Crosswalk is a comparison of the 2015 Joint Commission Environment of Care, Emergency Management, and Life Safety Standards for Hospitals with CMS, OSHA, NFPA, EPA, and Other Regulations (including CDC, ADA,…

  • STAT!Ref Core Resources Title Collections

    STAT!Ref currently has over 400 resources offered in over 50 healthcare disciplines. Content available is very expansive, so how can STAT!Ref help you find the content you need based on your specific needs? To start, we have created Core Resources Collections that highlight some of the top suggested resources categorized by discipline. Dentistry Emergency Medicine…