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Here are some questions identified by the Veterans Health Administration for conducting an After-Action Review. The program emphasizes the need to engage in open discussion based on objective facts without blaming individuals.
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With alarms sounding, helicopters landing, dishes clashing in a washer, compressors whirring, hospitals are noisy places.
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The Joint Commission has launched a new web-based patient safety initiative that continues its strong emphasis on infection control. JCAHOs International Center for Patient Safety web site (www.jcipatientsafety.org) is designed to serve as a central repository of resources and information related to all aspects of patient safety. Also, its aimed at both patients and health care workers.
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A new patient safety center founded by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations will include an emphasis on infection control. Not surprisingly, improving hand hygiene was the most frequently cited problem area cited by ICPs in a poll posted shortly after the web site debuted.
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The Joint Commission is applauding the public release of information on hospital clinical performance by the Hospital Quality Alliance. The measures used to produce this information meet the highest contemporary standards for reliability and validity.
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The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) recently developed an e-tool to help employers assess noise and create hearing conservation programs.
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Employees who are injured or ill return to work full time more quickly and experience a shorter period of disability when the health care components and disability components of an insurance company work together, a CIGNA study of 60,000 short-term disability claims has shown.
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Horizon Blue Cross and Blue Shield of New Jersey is taking physician pay for performance to a new level, embarking on a plan to pay a higher standard fee to specialists who outperform their peers.
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Gaps in the system are costing you money: the injury that isnt reported right away; the employee who doesnt keep a doctors appointment; and the supervisor who doesnt make an effort to find a position for an employee with temporary restrictions.
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At CIGNA, disability nurse case managers often partner with nurse case managers from the health care side of the company to facilitate getting an injured worker back on the job.
