Currently healthcare workers are not required by law to get a flu shot. But a number of states require hospitals to report their flu vaccination rates and a federal reporting requirement for flu shot rates at acute care hospitals went into effect January 1, 2013.
Offering, as opposed...
Briefings on Accreditation & Quality - Volume 27, Issue 11
The Joint Commission unveiled the SAFER matrix in May, announcing that it would replace its scoring system of evaluating safety issues and findings. The matrix is a 3 x 3 grid with the X-axis ranking the likelihood of a problem occurring and the Y-axis measuring how widespread the issue is....
Briefings on Accreditation & Quality - Volume 27, Issue 11
Since the start of the 21st century, the U.S. has suffered several major disasters: hurricanes, floods, wildfires, blizzards, tornados, and terrorist attacks to name a few. In times of crisis, hospitals and healthcare centers are particularly susceptible to the chaos and failing infrastructure....
Briefings on Accreditation & Quality - Volume 27, Issue 11
Logic says that electronic health records (EHR) should be a huge boon to healthcare quality. Up-to-date recordkeeping, real-time data, less paperwork, simpler transfers of information, electronic alerts: the list of benefits goes on and on.