We would like to thank everyone who participated in last week’s successful working group call on going restraint free. The discussion was lively and a lot of great questions were brought up.
The Joint Commission is looking to refine and improve its tracer methodology, according to an official statement on its website. The Joint Commission hopes to integrate patient care tracers and patient system tracers to thoroughly evaluate selected high risk or problem-prone processes....
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.
Just a reminder to AHAP members, the next working group call will take place on Thursday July 8th at 3PM EST (2PM Central, 12PM Pacific) and will discuss going restraint free.
Subscribers to Briefings on The Joint Commission (BOJ), found in the July issue an article by healthcare consultants Marlene Strader, Ph.D, RN, and BOJ advisor Elizabeth Di Giacomo-Geffers, RN, MPH, CSHA on Joint Commission and CMS training and education requirements. They included a...
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...
Editor’s note: The following column explores patient safety from the perspective of a newcomer to the field. Columnist Catherine Hinz, MHA, is the patient safety lead at HealthEast Care System in St. Paul, MN. Previously, Hinz worked for seven years as...
Briefings on Accreditation & Quality - Volume 21, Issue 7
When Northwest Texas Healthcare System (NWTHS) in Amarillo first made use of a tracer program, the concept was sound. However, obtaining complete buy-in and support turned out to be a challenge.
Although the 2010 National Patient Safety Goals (NPSG) are a much smaller set than last year’s version, keeping up with those goals that moved to the general standards is important for maintaining best practices as well as receiving fewer requirements for improvement on your next Joint...
