Patient Safety Monitor Journal - Volume 21, Issue 5

Top 10 patient safety concerns for 2020

April 21, 2020
Behavioral health, Environment and Facilities, Maternity care, Medical Error Prevention, National Patient Safety Goals, Patient Safety, Quality Improvement

While all the headlines have been (justifiably) about the 2019 novel coronavirus, healthcare providers must keep in mind that it isn’t the sole danger to patients. Missed diagnoses, maternal health complications, and behavioral health problems remain as constant risks to patient safety in the U....

Patient Safety Monitor Journal - Volume 21, Issue 3

Close the loop on test results

February 4, 2020
Joint Commission, National Patient Safety Goals, Patient Safety

By Brian Ward

In December, The Joint Commission (TJC) released Quick Safety Issue 52: Advancing Safety With Closed-Loop Communication of Test Results. Closed-loop communication means that every test result is sent, received, and addressed in a timely manner, and the patient is notified of...

Inside Accreditation & Quality - Volume 2, Issue 2

Guest column: Review new NPSG for critical access hospitals

January 7, 2020
Accreditation, Behavioral health, Joint Commission, National Patient Safety Goals, Suicide Prevention

This article reviews the importance of NPSG.15.01.01, element of performance (EP) 1, which has two separate sections with a very important difference.

Inside Accreditation & Quality - Volume 2, Issue 2

Suicide NPSG now applies to critical access hospitals

January 7, 2020
Accreditation, Behavioral health, Joint Commission, National Patient Safety Goals, Suicide Prevention

Critical access hospitals (CAH) accredited by The Joint Commission (TJC) will be expected to implement National Patient Safety Goal (NPSG) standard NPSG.15.01.01 starting July 1, 2020.

Inside Accreditation & Quality - Volume 2, Issue 1

Expect the next decade to focus on coping with new technology and old problems

December 10, 2019
Accreditation, CMS, Data Tracking, Emergency Management, Environment and Facilities, Healthcare Violence, HFAP, Infection Control, Joint Commission, Leadership, Life Safety, Medical Error Prevention, Medication Management, National Patient Safety Goals, Patient Safety, Policies and Procedures, Quality Improvement, Sentinel Event Alerts, Suicide Prevention, Survey Coordinator Training, Survey Preparation

Healthcare compliance changed quite a bit in the last decade. For one thing, fire safety moved into the current millennium with the adoption of the 2012 versions of NFPA 101 Life Safety Code® (LSC) and NFPA 99 Health Care Facilities Code®.

Patient Safety Monitor Journal - Volume 20, Issue 11

Zero harm study finds many struggling to achieve goal

October 8, 2019
Joint Commission, Medical Error Prevention, National Patient Safety Goals, Patient Safety, Quality Improvement

Two million providers say they don’t have the resources to achieve zero harm 

Patient Safety Monitor Journal - Volume 18, Issue 4

How Palomar Health reduced nuisance IV alarms

July 25, 2017
Leadership, National Patient Safety Goals, Patient Safety, Policies and Procedures

People can grow used to anything, even alarms. Such is the danger of alarm fatigue; when excessive and nuisance alerts cause healthcare staff to become desensitized. When this happens, healthcare staff are more likely to have trouble prioritizing, managing, and responding to alerts, resulting in...

Patient Safety Monitor Journal - Volume 18, Issue 4

Study: Postoperative complications are a major concern for hospitals

July 25, 2017
National Patient Safety Goals, Patient Safety, Policies and Procedures, Quality Improvement

A recent study sheds new light on the prevalence of postoperative complications.

In November 2016, a study published in the British Journal of Anesthesia (BJA) found that each year there are 50 million postop complications worldwide. Those complications in turn result in 1.5...

Patient Safety Monitor Journal - Volume 18, Issue 5

Q&A: How to respond to the WHO's top 12 superbugs list

July 25, 2017
Infection Control, National Patient Safety Goals, Patient Safety

Editor’s note: In February, The World Health Organization (WHO) published its first list of a dozen families of antibiotic-resistant “priority pathogens” that pose the greatest threat to humanity. 

"This list is a new tool to ensure R&D responds to urgent...

Patient Safety Monitor Journal - Volume 18, Issue 5

Bringing universal suicide screening to your hospital

July 25, 2017
National Patient Safety Goals, Patient Safety, Policies and Procedures, Quality Improvement, Sentinel Event Alerts

With suicide rates high and getting higher, hospitals and clinics need to revamp how they work with suicidal patients. The first step is developing a system to identify struggling patients so they can get the care they need.

In 2014, the Parkland Health and Hospital System (PHHS) in...

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