The term “malpractice” often invokes images of courtrooms and spiraling insurance rates, but malpractice data can often be used for the purpose of fostering patient safety. In the surgical world, that information is increasingly more important as the amount and types of surgeries performed climb...
Briefings on Accreditation & Quality - Volume 21, Issue 8
In April 2008, Baystate Medical Center (BMC), a 653-bed teaching hospital in Springfield, MA, began implementation of its Bar Code Point of Care technology to positively impact medication administration in reducing errors.
True or false: Serious medication errors have occurred when physicians, nurses, or other healthcare professionals assumed they knew what was inside an unlabeled medication container.
True or false: Serious medication errors have occurred when physicians, nurses, or other healthcare professionals assumed they knew what was inside an unlabeled medication container.
True or false: There are many processes that can be measured, and there are often more improvement opportunities than an organization can handle at the same time. As a result, it is important that the organization’s leaders take time to establish the improvement priorities for the organization...
In April 2008, Baystate Medical Center (BMC), a 653-bed teaching hospital in Springfield, MA, began implementation of its Bar Code Point of Care (BCPOC) technology to positively impact medication administration in reducing errors.
In April 2008, Baystate Medical Center (BMC), a 653-bed teaching hospital in Springfield, MA, began implementation of its Bar Code Point of Care (BCPOC) technology to positively impact medication administration in reducing errors.
Staff members are often trained to report a potential medical error, or near-miss event. However, more often than not, these events go unreported. In 2003, The University of Texas (UT) System, made up of six health institutions, developed a system that allowed the anonymous reporting of close...
Staff members are often trained to report a potential medical error, or near-miss event. However, more often than not, these events go unreported. In 2003, The University of Texas (UT) System, made up of six health institutions, developed a system that allowed the anonymous reporting of close...
Briefings on Accreditation & Quality - Volume 21, Issue 5
In 2007, when The Joint Commission issued the Ongoing Professional Practice Evaluation (OPPE) standard, most organizations were already collecting practitioner specific data and information to be used during re-credentialing.