Briefings on Accreditation & Quality - Volume 22, Issue 1

Taking training on the road: Nurses take evidence-based research improvements to Africa

January 1, 2011
Quality & Errors

Sometimes the lessons learned when working to improve nursing education and empowerment are truly worth sharing—even half a world away. 

Patient Safety Monitor Journal - Volume 12, Issue 1

Patient Safety Monitor Journal January 2011

January 1, 2011
Patient Safety

Inside:

  • Better teams, better checklists, better care
  • Critical to your QI efforts: Engaging busy bedside nurses
  • New year, new patient safety resolutions
  • Can you give us a review of current Universal Protocol?
  • Patient Safety Monitor Journal
    • ...
Briefings on Accreditation & Quality - Volume 22, Issue 1

Briefings on The Joint Commission January 2011

January 1, 2011
Accreditation & Survey Preparation

Inside:

  • Move to electronic policies and procedures streamlines organization
  • Having confidence in your contractors’ performance
  • Taking training on the road: Nurses take evidence-based research improvements to Africa
  • Nursing documentation tips and challenges
    • ...
Patient Safety Monitor Journal - Volume 12, Issue 1

Critical to your QI efforts: Engaging busy bedside nurses

January 1, 2011
Patient Safety

Improving nursing-sensitive indicators (NSI) or organizational indicators with a nursing component requires participation of direct-care bedside nurses. Quality improvement (QI) programs designed by organizational-level experts to improve patient care and driven down from the top will not...

Briefings on Accreditation & Quality - Volume 22, Issue 1

Move to electronic policies and procedures streamlines organization

January 1, 2011
Quality & Errors

Sometimes it takes a spark to bring about a large, important change in an organization. For St. Alexius Medical Center in Hoffman Estate, IL, changing to an improved electronic policy and procedure program started with a look at a communication breakdown. 

Briefings on Accreditation & Quality - Volume 22, Issue 1

Nursing documentation tips and challenges

January 1, 2011
Quality & Errors

When it comes to nursing documentation, a few areas tend to trip up organizations, requiring them to refocus their efforts. Let’s examine these areas.

Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor

AHAP Staff Challenge: Record of Care

December 28, 2010
Accreditation & Survey Preparation

True or false: Patient allergies must be documented in the patient's medical record.

Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor

From the AHAP Blog: Joint Commission launches new lab standards for 2011

December 28, 2010
Accreditation & Survey Preparation

Updated and revised laboratory standards have been announced by the Joint Commission, to go into effect July 1, 2011.

Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor

What’s new with AHAP!

December 28, 2010
Accreditation & Survey Preparation

Keep an eye out for the latest AHAP Insider in your email inboxes—the latest updates on AHAP working group calls, surveys, plus a quarterly round up on the best of the blog and the listserv.

Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor

AHAP Staff Challenge: Environment of Care

December 21, 2010
Environment and Facilities

True or false: It is safe to store non-sterile patient care equipment under sinks.

Pages