Introduction COVID-19 has been an incredibly challenging time for nursing homes. Although many nursing homes had good functional systems in place, these systems were never really challenged to…

Introduction The COVID-19 pandemic has presented many challenges to the Nursing Home Sector. Long-Term Residential Care Facilities by nature tend to be congregated settings, where a vulnerable cohort…

Introduction Is your organisation looking to foster a culture of reporting and learning from incidents? When building a culture of safety, reporting and timely management of incidents is…

Introduction Effective Infection Prevention and Control practices are regarded as one of the most critical measures to preventing and controlling the transmission of infectious diseases such as COVID-19…

Introduction In today’s environment where public health advice, legislation and guidance is constantly evolving and changing, having an electronic system to manage document control, particularly for policies and…

Introduction The Quality Standard for Imaging (QSI), developed by the Royal College of Radiologists and The College of Radiographers, sets out the criteria that defines a quality imaging…

Introduction On 17th September 2020, the Health Information and Quality Authority (HIQA) published COVID-19 – An assurance framework for registered providers – preparedness planning and Infection prevention and…

Introduction The 17th September 2020 is recognised globally as World Patient Safety Day. The overall objectives of World Patient Safety Day are to enhance global understanding of patient…

Introduction In order to get the most from Q-Pulse, it is important to ensure the software is well administered, kept up-to-date and that users have the necessary support…