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The Joint Commission has announced its proposed 2008 National Patient Safety Goals. Here are the proposed goals with items to consider for each:
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After a February 2006 field review identified major concerns, the Joint Commission has revised its medical staff standards, with significant changes made from the previous proposed standards.
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New core performance measures have been identified for pilot testing by the Joint Commission, for care of inpatient hospital-based psychiatric patients.
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Quality and patient safety improvements often require changes in staff behavior on the job. A new procedure is put in place or an existing procedure is revised.
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When is an LWOT (left without treatment) rate of 1% not good enough? Apparently, when you are the ED managers at Affinity Medical Center, Massilon, OH, campus. An aggressive new program has further reduced that rate by 37%.
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A "homegrown" web-based tool called Web Emergency Medicine Analysis and Reporting System (WEBEMARS) has enabled ED managers at the 17 departments administered by Livingston, NJ-based Emergency Medical Associates (EMA) to readily access current data on their unit's performance, gaining valuable insights that have led to significant performance improvement.
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A Category 3 tornado hits during a four-county disaster exercise that's been planned for two years. Although that scenario seems improbable, that's exactly what happened to hospitals in the Nashville, TN, area last year. The tornado hit the ground for 20 minutes and caused about 35 injuries and seven fatalities.
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In terms of preparing your staff to handle a disaster, start by developing a good disaster plan, says Louise Kuhny, RN, MPH, MBA, CIC, associate director of standards interpretation at The Joint Commission, previously known as the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations.
