The California Department of Public Health (CDPH) rolled out Phase II of its General Acute Care Hospital (GACH) Relicensing Survey pilot July 1. The survey now includes the former stand-alone surveys Medication Error Reduction Plan (MERP) and Patient Safety Licensing Survey (PSLS). All of...
Briefings on Accreditation & Quality - Volume 26, Issue 9
Gratitude is one of the most powerful forces that move an organization forward. It requires little to no increase in spending, increases employee engagement, decreases workforce stress and burnout, and rewards the giver as much as the receiver.
Those advocating for more transparency in healthcare will be pleased with the Surgeon Scorecard, released by the investigative journalism organization, ProPublica. Many surgeons, however, are not.
For years, hospitals have used root cause analysis (RCA) to identify gaps in their healthcare system that can lead to safety errors. The problem, according to some experts, is that the existing RCA process is inconsistent and often ineffective when it comes to the ultimate goal of prevention...
Briefings on Accreditation & Quality - Volume 26, Issue 9
With one click of his mouse, Auron Priestly, MD, CEO and founder of Kolkin Corp. in Newport Beach, California, accesses care plan information for a patient named Richard Sanderson. He quickly types in new orders, and with another click, the record is updated for the rest of his...
