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October 2023 ASPHP Newsletter
Editor: Beth Furlong, PhD, JD, RN October 2023 Guest Column Start Small, Dream Big: The Power of Quality Improvement in Safe Patient Handling and Mobility Jay Hamilton-Roque Our Grim Financial Reality Justifying new resource allocations or technology investments is harder now than ever. From fiscal year (FY) 2020-2022 hospitals saw a 17.5% increase in expense […]
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Editor: Beth Furlong, PhD, JD, RN September 2023 Guest Column Lift Up Rehab – SPHM Improves Quality and Safety Nancy McGann PT, CSPHP, CPPS, Leader of Safe Patient Handling,Mobility and Fall Prevention Intermountain Health As a physical therapist, when I first heard about Safe Patient Handling in the early 2000’s my initial instinct was concern that […]
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Editor: Beth Furlong, PhD, JD, RN August 2023 Guest Column The Value of Using A Mobility Screen With Your Patients Margaret Arnold, PT, CEES, CSPHP One of the greatest challenges to full utilization and implementation of safe patient handling and mobility programs is the perceived increase in time it takes to use equipment, and the […]
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Editor: Beth Furlong, PhD, JD, RN July 2023 Guest Column The “ALL in Approach”Rhonda Turner, MSN- LD, CSPHA Along this 37-year journey in healthcare, I cannot recall how many times I have heard that we need to take an “All in Approach.” Until recently, I have not seen the impact of what that means […]
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Editor: Beth Furlong, PhD, JD, RN June 2023 Guest Column Lynda Enos, RN, MS, COHN-S, CPE Over 3 decades of global research and published injury data have demonstrated that manually lifting and assisting patients who have limited mobility puts both health care workers (HCWs) and patients at high risk of injury. Despite the evidence, most […]
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Editor: Beth Furlong, PhD, JD, RN May 2023 Guest Column Tricia Jaworski, OTR/L, CSPHP I wrote last year about all the wonderful things the Association of Safe Patient Handling Professionals Marketing Committee had been working on, and we have more to share with you for 2023! ASPHP ran its first-ever Come Join Us membership […]
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Editor: Beth Furlong, PhD, JD, RN April 2022 Guest Column Acknowledgement of Outgoing President: Robert Masterman, MSPT, CSPHC Thank you, Rob; during your tenure as president, we have seen enormous growth in our Association, even amid the pandemic. You have been vital to the significant advances, particularly in creating a DEI committee. It is your […]
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