The Joint Commission continues to request comments on its proposed National Patient Safety Goals for 2012 intended to address ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) and catheter-associated tract infections (CAUTI) for its hospital and long-term care organization programs
As cliché as it might sound, the start of a new year brings a new opportunity to pause and plan for the 12 months ahead. Even though many of us run operations on a separate fiscal year, where budget planning takes precedence for new strategies and projects, I’m a firm believer that the beginning...
Briefings on Accreditation & Quality - Volume 22, Issue 1
As consultants, we still see citations issued to hospitals for failure to adequately monitor clinical contracted services provided to their patients. Do you know whether you are doing a satisfactory job?
Medication errors, patient identification errors, and surgical errors are some of the unfortunate events that take place all too frequently in healthcare. In the constant battle to prevent these adverse events, one word keeps cropping up: checklists.
