Quality & Errors

A panel of healthcare leaders met recently to discuss a recent Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) report citing that there has been little...Read More »

Mistakes happen. Many times when mistakes happen in hospitals, the hospital's system and process design has at least in part...Read More »

While there are many mandates brought about by healthcare reform, healthcare organizations are beginning to understand how much...Read More »

Certain information should be available when medication errors are being prescribed. Age is one of the elements. Name at least four more...Read More »

Certain information should be available when medication errors are being prescribed. Age is one of the elements. Name at least four more...Read More »

Q: At our facility, we were found noncompliant with MM.04.01.01 EP 13, requiring a hospital to implement medication order policies. What...Read More »

these patients find themselves in the hospital for a variety of reasons, the process of medication reconciliation continues to be a problem...Read More »

True or false: Adverse drug reactions, as well as medication errors, pose a serious safety risk to patients. Hospitals must have a process in...Read More »

In November 2000, the Needlestick Safety and ­Prevention Act (NSPA) was passed by the federal government. The act, which was...Read More »

Q: What process should I have in place for clarifying incomplete medication orders? Read More »