As hospitals across the country search for ways to reduce readmissions in the wake of reimbursement cuts from CMS for rehospitalizations within 30 days, one statewide initiative in Minnesota may have cracked the code.
Briefings on Accreditation & Quality - Volume 25, Issue 5
Expectations of access to high-quality, safe, and affordable healthcare are growing, as are the regulatory requirements around quality and safety in healthcare. For example, The Joint Commission, through its regulatory standards, has specific patient flow and leadership requirements that...
Those in the patient safety field may not think about their fellow healthcare workers on a day-to-day basis, but perhaps it's time they did. Although the two worlds don't often mix, employee health experts are making a case that improving the health and safety of hospital employees has clear...
Improvements must be made in handoffs, the use of PCA pumps, and postoperative orders to provide better patient care, according to a presentation at the annual conference of the Association of periOperative Registered Nurses.
A surgeon at St. Joseph’s Hospital Health Center in Syracuse, N.Y., is accused of slapping anesthetized patients on the buttocks and calling them names before surgery, according to a CMS report.
When the Institute of Medicine's report To Err Is Human was released in 1999, there was a clear shift in the patient safety world. Previously, clinicians absorbed the brunt of the blame when it came to medical errors. The report shed new light on the medical industry and...
Briefings on Accreditation & Quality - Volume 25, Issue 4
Every organization struggles with falls prevention, and finding new, effective, and sustainable ways to prevent falls is one of the great challenges for both inpatient and outpatient care. One organization has observed significant results using a concept known as FOCUS-PDCA?but is FOCUS-PDCA...
Anticoagulant drugs remain one of the top safety concerns for hospitals around the country, and government agencies and medication safety organizations continue to devote time and energy to make anticoagulant oversight a priority for healthcare organizations.
