Getting Right With the Joint Commission

Acting quickly on critical results has been part of the Joint Commission's annual goals since 2005. So why has this goal been less successfully implemented? This white paper explores caregiver communications, including critical test results reporting, and look at how to address some of the common challenges with the help of modern-day technology.
 

Risk-Quality-Safety Beyond the Traditional Hospital Setting — The Time for Awareness is Now

While focusing on patient safety is not a new concept, until recently, many healthcare providers have primarily concentrated their efforts on creating safer hospitals. Due to the Affordable Care Act, healthcare delivery systems are becoming more complex and there is a movement toward tying payment to coordinated care efforts. These dramatic shifts are forcing healthcare providers to broaden their patient safety efforts and go beyond the traditional hospital setting.

This white paper focuses on the need for healthcare provider’s to implement more integrated risk-quality-safety management strategies within ambulatory settings and across the entire system of care.
 

Electronic TLC: Toronto Hospital Increases Patient Safety With Ecare Project from Motorola Healthcare Mobility Solutions

One of today’s most critical — and most publicized — issues in hospital care is the number of patients who receive the incorrect medication, often the result of manual processes prone to human error. To address these patient safety issues, North York General Hospital’s clinicians, IT and clinical informatics leaders decided to design and deploy eCare, a comprehensive multi-year electronic health initiative that will help improve patient safety and quality of care, virtually eliminating repetitive manual processes and enhancing communications
throughout the hospital.

The clinician-led eCare Project implemented acomputerized provider order entry (CPOE) system and a closed loop bar code medication administration (BCMA)solution making use of highly reliable healthcare-certified Motorola Solutions wireless mobile devices.