The Joint Commission has announced the field review of its revised medication reconciliation requirement, which it has designated as National Patient Safety Goal (NPSG) 03.07.01.
When Barbara Wilson, PhD, RNC, begins any new patient safety project, she first examines the principles of human factors engineering (HFE). Wilson, assistant professor at Arizona State University’s College of Nursing and Health Innovation, Center for Improving Health Outcomes in Children, Teens...
Briefings on Accreditation & Quality - Volume 21, Issue 4
In a year that saw budgets cut, travel expenses slashed, and jobs lost, it is unsurprising to report that 2009 did not see major increases in salary for accreditation specialists and survey coordinators across the country. What the 2010 AHAP Salary Survey discovered, however, is that increases...
Briefings on Accreditation & Quality - Volume 21, Issue 4
The Periodic Performance Review (PPR) is an annual self-assessment process aimed at supporting continuous accreditation readiness and performance improvement activities required by The Joint Commission.
Briefings on Accreditation & Quality - Volume 21, Issue 4
Ectopic pregnancy will be used throughout this article to illustrate some of the 2010 standards, highlighting The Joint Commission’s addition of hazardous medications to several standards in 2009. The purpose of this article is illustrating the application of several standards to a health...
This issue contains articles about human factors engineering, suicide risk assessment, rapid response teams and analyzing where missed opportunities occur, a column about design thinking in patient safety, and how staff safety effects patient safety.
Briefings on Accreditation & Quality - Volume 21, Issue 4
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) published revised interpretive guidelines for hospitals on December 11, 2009, and this document was revised on February 5, 2010. Any hospital that accepts Medicare and Medicaid reimbursement must follow these interpretive guidelines. These...
Briefings on Accreditation & Quality - Volume 21, Issue 4
Did you happen to note that the Survey Activity Guide (SAG) was last updated by The Joint Commission on February 11? We believe the subtle changes in the survey guide reflect potential changes in survey focus driven, in part, by the Commission’s ongoing effort to align with the CMS survey...
Over the past five years, rapid response teams (RRT) have been brought to the forefront of American hospitals. In 2004, the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) launched its 100,000 Lives Campaign of which RRTs were a focal point, and in 2008, The Joint Commission added a National Patient...