This month, we are focusing on Paula Brinn, BSN, MBA, CCRN-K, regulatory compliance manager at Vidant Medical Center in Greenville, North Carolina. This is an excerpt from an article in the monthly training resource Briefings on The Joint Commission.
For years, hospitals have used root cause analysis (RCA) to identify gaps in their healthcare system that can lead to safety errors. The problem, according to some experts, is that the existing RCA process is inconsistent and often ineffective when it comes to the ultimate goal of prevention...
Hospitalized patients have a long list of potential safety concerns, ranging from medication errors to deadly infections. One thing they probably aren't thinking about is the food.
Briefings on Accreditation & Quality - Volume 26, Issue 9
The California Department of Public Health (CDPH) rolled out Phase II of its General Acute Care Hospital (GACH) Relicensing Survey pilot July 1. The survey now includes the former stand-alone surveys Medication Error Reduction Plan (MERP) and Patient Safety Licensing Survey (PSLS). All of...
Briefings on Accreditation & Quality - Volume 26, Issue 9
Gratitude is one of the most powerful forces that move an organization forward. It requires little to no increase in spending, increases employee engagement, decreases workforce stress and burnout, and rewards the giver as much as the receiver.
Those advocating for more transparency in healthcare will be pleased with the Surgeon Scorecard, released by the investigative journalism organization, ProPublica. Many surgeons, however, are not.
