The ECRI Institute has released its annual "Top 10 Patient Safety Concerns for Healthcare Organizations," and as always, it is an interesting journey to see how these issues connect with the accreditation field. As quality and safety increasingly tie together into the standards and accreditation...
Data released in May by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) shows improvements in patient safety have saved thousands of lives and billions in healthcare costs.
It's been six years since a group of infection prevention organizations, hospital associations, and regulators assembled to release the Compendium of Strategies to Prevent Healthcare-Associated Infections in Acute Care Hospitals. Now the go-to resource for infection control is getting a...
Briefings on Accreditation & Quality - Volume 25, Issue 8
Leadership and physician involvement increasingly come up in accreditation and survey preparation. In almost every situation that deals with process improvement or cultural change, the term "leadership involvement" comes up. But how does leadership involvement play out in the community, and what...
Briefings on Accreditation & Quality - Volume 25, Issue 8
In my experiences coaching medical professionals, sometimes too much knowledge is a bad thing. Even with the best of intentions, conversations can go awry simply because what we say doesn't translate as the sentiment we intended. With increased focus on patient satisfaction by accrediting...
Briefings on Accreditation & Quality - Volume 25, Issue 8
Editor's note: In this new feature, BOJ advisor Jodi Eisenberg, MHA, CPHQ, CPMSM, CSHA, manager of accreditation, clinical compliance, and policy management for Northwestern Memorial Healthcare in Chicago, explains the steps and goals survey coordinators will want to take at a given point in...
Fill in the blank: Current medications include which of the following?
a. Medications the patient is taking at home on an as-needed basis
b. Medications that have been discounted within the last six months
c. Medications the patient is now taking on a regular, schedule...
A new study found that fist bumps are a safer alternative to handshakes, with nearly twice as many bacteria transferred during a handshake than other greetings.
Eight California hospitals were fined a total of $775,000 by the state for preventable medical errors that put 10 patients in immediate jeopardy of serious injury or death.
