A culture of safety embodies many organizational qualities, from empowered health care providers who speak up about unsafe situations to leaders who are present and driving improvements throughout the hospital. Leaders can empower all health care providers to join the safety culture. In the process ...
To build and maintain a strong food safety culture, leaders must not only demonstrate their commitment with their words and actions, but also make sure that their company’s policies, systems, and processes incentivize good food safety decisions and behavior at every level of the organization. Tra...
In this cycle, new initiatives start out strong, but eventually lose the momentum and after a while will be ignored completely. Then another new initiative is started and the cycle repeats. However, no real change is seen from these initiatives and both the climate and culture of safety remain...
Team-building and a strong patient safety culture go hand in hand, according to Barbara DiTullio, MA, BSN, RN, OR nurse manager, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts. The facility is known for its high performing surgical teams and strong patient safety culture. DiTullio...
BUILDING A STRONG SAFETY CULTURE: REDUCING ERRORS IN HEALTHCARE ORGANIZATIONS Leaders from around the global LPG industry examined how to foster an effective safety culture during a webinar hosted by the World LPG Association in September.Here are some of the best practices panelists discussed:Trainin...
And as if the concept of company culture is already not vague enough, we’re struggling to understand its meaning for remote and semi-remote teams. What does it mean to have a strong company culture when you’re managing a remote team?
Teams work best if their members have a strong common culture. This is hard to achieve when, as is now the case in many big firms, a large proportion of staff are temporary contractors. Teamwork improves with time: America's National Transportation Safety Board found that 73% of the ...
Named after their acronym, SIP panels are self-supporting elements consisting of a rigid foam core sandwiched between two structural claddings, typicallyOSB boards. Strong yet lightweight, these panels are manufactured under strict factory controls and transported to the construction site, facilitating ...
and occupant circadian rhythms might be tracked to suggest ideal states of productivity.Workplacedesigners have been considering occupant wellbeing and health in their designs for offices of the future. Hypothesizing what time ahead may contain, there is a strong case to be made for sentient archi...
This can include tips on how to use strong passwords, avoid phishing scams, and keep their devices and software up to date. By educating residents, you can create a culture of cybersecurity awareness in your building. Monitoring and Incident Response ...