In this guest column, Heather Forbes, clinical education program coordinator for Maine Medical Partners, describes her first several months as an accreditation and regulatory coordinator. This is an excerpt from an article in the monthly training resource Briefings on Accreditation and...
As more consumer websites get into the business of rating physicians, hospitals are jumping on board in an effort to contribute to the online conversation
Briefings on Accreditation & Quality - Volume 26, Issue 11
With an increasing number of regulations, National Patient Safety Goals (NPSG), Sentinel Event Alerts, and changes in procedure, medical staff may feel like they're stuck in an endless cycle of creating and approving new policies, including policies that they may not really need to approve...
Briefings on Accreditation & Quality - Volume 26, Issue 11
Less than five minutes after I was offered the position of accreditation and regulatory coordinator, panic set in. I was joining a world that I knew very little about, and a role that would impact the care patients received every single day.
When The Joint Commission announced its proposed changes to NPSG.07.06.01 in September, it's likely that they were met with more shrugged shoulders than panicked expressions.
Hand hygiene compliance and influenza vaccination are two patient safety practices that should be considered mandatory, according to experts at the National Patient Safety Foundation's (NPSF) Lucian Leape Institute.
Briefings on Accreditation & Quality - Volume 26, Issue 11
