A look at the Automated All Cause Harm trigger system
The prevention of avoidable harms has been a goal of healthcare since day one, but it was given fresh life in 2010 when the Office of Inspector General (OIG) urged that healthcare facilities report...
Editor’s note: By the time the general public hears about an impaired clinician, whether it’s a nurse, technician, or physician, it’s usually after something bad has already happened. The infamous case of a New Hampshire technician who stole painkiller syringes and exposed thousands of...
Briefings on Accreditation & Quality - Volume 28, Issue 7
Over the course of one weekend in May, more than 300,000 computers in 150 countries were held hostage by a ransomware virus called “WannaCry.” The virus locked down computer systems and forced hospitals, corporations, universities, and individuals to pay $300 apiece in Bitcoin to regain access...
Briefings on Accreditation & Quality - Volume 28, Issue 5
Editor’s note: The ECRI Institute published its annual list of the top 10 health technology hazards for the industry. Readers will note that several of the top hazards in 2017 are the same as those...
Briefings on Accreditation & Quality - Volume 28, Issue 5
he Joint Commission announced it was changing its interim life safety measure (ILSM) evaluation process back in November 2016. From now on, the accreditor stated, when a surveyor identifies a Requirement for Improvement (RFI) level deficiency they’ll confer with the facility to pick the most...
Briefings on Accreditation & Quality - Volume 28, Issue 4
In January, Trina Crow, RN, MJ, associate project director at The Joint Commission, wrote in a blog post that long-term care facilities need to pursue oral care policies more intently. While neither The Joint Commission nor CMS cite hospitals or critical access hospitals for...
Editor’s note: The following is article first appeared in the April 2016 edition of PSQH, and was written by members of the National Patient Safety Foundation. Patricia McGaffigan, RN, MS is chief operating officer and senior vice president of programs, Caitlin Y. Lorincz, MS, MA is senior...
Editor’s note: The following article first appeared in the April 2016 edition of PSQH, and was written by members of the National Patient Safety Foundation including Patricia McGaffigan, RN, MS, chief operating officer and senior vice president of programs, ...
