Event Reporting: How Rhode Island Is Leading a Revolution in Patient Safety
Event Reporting
How Rhode Island Is Leading a Revolution in Patient Safety
This is the first in a series of articles about the statewide implementation of a standardized web-based event-reporting platform to facilitate the reduction of medical errors.
Critical Values Reporting: Making Day-to-Day Performance Count
Critical Values Reporting: Making Day-to-Day Performance Count
In 2006, the Shepherd Center, a 132-bed spinal cord and brain injury rehabilitation hospital in Atlanta, Georgia, was having trouble meeting The Joint Commission’s (TJC) requirements for reporting critical values: measuring, assessing, and, if appropriate, taking action to improve the timeliness of reporting, as well as the timeliness of receipt by the responsible licensed caregiver of critical tests, results, and values.
ISMP: Oops, Sorry, Wrong Patient!
ISMP
Oops, Sorry, Wrong Patient!
Applying the JCAHO “two-identifier” rule beyond the patient’s room
When we think of “wrong patient” errors, the most common scenario that comes to mind is a nurse walking into a patient’s room and administering medications intended for one patient to another patient — often a roommate. However, “wrong patient” errors occur in a variety of ways.
GE Listed as National Patient Safety Organization by HHS, AHRQ
HCMC and Ergolet Team for Safe Patient Transfer
The American Hospital Association Continues its Endorsement of Versus RTLS for Patient Flow
Protect Mothers and Babies from Unnecessary Harm
Washington, D.C., January 26, 2011—Virginia Business Coalition on Health joins the employer-driven hospital quality watchdog, The Leapfrog Group, in issuing a Call to Action in response to new data finding that thousands of babies are electively scheduled for delivery too early, resulting in a higher likelihood of death, being admitted to a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU), and life-long health problems.
Membership Now Open for the First and Only Individual Membership Program for Patient Safety Field
Ohio Business, Healthcare Leaders’ Collaboration to Improve Patient Safety Results in Estimated Annual Savings of Nearly $13 Million
A unique collaborative effort among business leaders and healthcare providers to make Ohio the safest place in the nation for healthcare has led to more than $12.8 million in healthcare savings, more than 900 fewer patient days spent in the hospital and nearly 3,600 fewer adverse drug events and infections in children.