Sometimes a patient's declining condition is obvious. But in a busy hospital with patients who are sometimes very ill, recognizing problems isn't so easy. Nurses often have lots of patients and piles of paperwork.
Briefings on Accreditation & Quality - Volume 22, Issue 5
The best of hospital leadership take an active interest and role in safety and quality at their facility, an attitude that can help quality improvement departments, accreditation coordinators, and others who live and breathe process improvement institute the changes they need to...
You can't read anything about patient safety and quality or health reform without running into the topic of healthcare-associated infections (HAI). The issue tops a list of priorities for many health-related government institutions (e.g., Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality, CMS),...
A team approach to reducing infections resulted in the neonatal ICU (NICU) of Children's Hospital at Providence in Anchorage, AK, receiving the 2010 John M. Eisenberg Patient Safety and Quality Award for innovation and patient safety and quality at the local level. The award is...
No one in healthcare ever wants to hear about a serious clinical adverse event occurring, especially in his or her own hospital, but every clinician and caretaker knows that sometimes, despite best efforts, mistakes are made.
HCPro will be hosting a complimentary live demo of Patient Safety Monitor on April 26! Patient Safety Monitor is one-stop shop for patient safety needs, including a blog, a library of tools, forms, policies, and checklists, a monthly newsletter...
We are proud to announce our second winner of our annual AHAP Conference giveaway: Sandra J. Anaya, RN, vice president of nursing and accreditation at Tri-City Regional Medical Center in Hawaiian Gardens, CA. Sandra submitted a great description and sample tools for...
