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Is your organization's process for obtaining informed consent in compliance with both the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid (CMS)'s Conditions of Participation and the Joint Commission's accreditation standards? Would it surprise you to know that in this case, CMS' requirements are stricter?
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Most quality professionals are well-versed on the importance of learning from "near misses" and medical mistakes made at their organizations. But a growing number are now learning from errors made at other hospitals as well.
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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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What-If analysis is a structured brainstorming method of determining what things can go wrong and judging the likelihood and consequences of those situations occurring.
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Would you like a simple way to reduce pain and increase satisfaction of elderly patients? Allow them to sit on reclining chairs instead of gurneys, suggests Scott Wilber, MD, FACEP, director of the emergency medicine research center at Summa Health System in Akron, OH.
