Healthcare Benchmarks and Quality Improvement Archives – March 1, 2007
March 1, 2007
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Growth of hospital-based palliative care programs surges
If your hospital doesn't have a palliative care program it soon may, if current statistics are any indication. The New York City-based Center to Advance Palliative Care's (CAPC) analysis of data released in the 2007 American Hospital Association Annual Survey of Hospitals shows that 1,240 hospitals now provide palliative care programs. According to CAPC, the total in 2000 was 632. -
Clinicians seek program to program uniformity
While the rapid growth of hospital-based palliative care programs is the good news, the bad news is the wide range of quality and standards that exist, notes Betty Ferrell, PhD, RN, research scientist at City of Hope National Medical Center in Los Angeles and chair of the National Consensus Project for Quality Palliative Care (NCP) Task Force. -
Study shows link between safety and satisfaction
A new study initiated by patient satisfaction firm Press Ganey Associates Inc., of South Bend, IN, appears to show a strong correlation between hospitals that perform well on their patient satisfaction surveys and the stronger performers in the publicly reported Leapfrog Hospital Quality and Safety Survey, sponsored by the Washington, DC-based Leapfrog Group. -
VHA initiates regional RRT collaborative program
VHA West Coast, based in El Segundo, CA, has successfully launched a regional collaborative for rapid response teams, which it has made available to 118 acute care hospitals in six states. -
Patients view errors more broadly than clinicians
Even though you may be meeting all of your clinical guidelines for preventing errors, your patients may not necessarily share your assessment that things are going well. A new study in the Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety reveals that patients have a much broader definition of medical errors than clinicians. -
Balance Center aims to prevent falls
While Robert Wood Johnson (RWJ) University Hospital Hamilton (NJ) is as committed as any other facility to provide quality care for its inpatients, the leaders of the hospital believe their responsibility to the well-being of local residents extends far beyond its four walls. -
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Plan to attend medical error disclosure audio conference
Intense feelings of anxiety and humiliation, not to mention fears of being sued or professionally censured, are extremely common. Not surprisingly, the appearance of defensive and self-protective strategies that urge concealment are common as well.