The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) has released Common Formats Version 1.1, including technical specifications, which will help hospitals further standardize the collection and reporting of data related to patient safety events. Patient safety events include unsafe conditions...
Briefings on Accreditation & Quality - Volume 21, Issue 6
The Joint Commission will be releasing new standards for hospitals surrounding language, culture, and communication in the January 2011 hospital manual.
By nature, I am an outgoing person. In fact, I’ve maxed out the sociability and extrovert scale of any leadership proficiency or personality test I have ever taken. I love humor and fun, and I am an energetic individual. When I reflect on how I’ve ended up in the field of patient safety—a...
True or false: It is important for patients and families to understand the individual patients’ risks for falls, and the specific measures that are being used to prevent them from falling.
Next time your nursing staff members complain about having too much paperwork and not enough time at the patient’s bedside, you can tell them their feelings are echoed by nurses nationwide, as shown by a recent survey.
The Joint Commission has released its list of the most cited standards for 2009. Unsurprisingly, the list contains many Life Safety Code and Environment of Care standards, primarily regarding fire safety, which have been prominent in previous lists of top-cited standards by the accrediting body...
True or false: Staff members must receive training on the use and management of restraint and seclusion, and their competency to perform must be assessed annually.
The Joint Commission has updated its sentinel events statistics, according to an official statement on the accrediting organization’s Web site. The updates can be viewed here.
