Mistakes happen. Many times when mistakes happen in hospitals, the hospital's system and process design has at least in part failed a frontline provider. How much of a human error is truly the fault of the hospital could probably be under debate well after the incident. However...
All day and all night, healthcare providers try to help people heal and feel better. They take care of sick patients, both the chronic and acutely ill. Much of the care-and the outcomes that follow-is routine for providers.
Mistakes happen. Many times when mistakes happen in hospitals, the hospital's system and process design has at least in part failed a frontline provider. How much of a human error is truly the fault of the hospital could probably be under debate well after the incident. However...
Briefings on Accreditation & Quality - Volume 24, Issue 2
Every so often, an incident occurs that brings the topic of locks on patient bathroom doors back to the forefront of our minds. It truly is one of a clinician's nightmares-to know a patient needs help while he or she is in an inaccessible location.
While there are many mandates brought about by healthcare reform, healthcare organizations are beginning to understand how much they truly need to partner with their patients in care.
Briefings on Accreditation & Quality - Volume 24, Issue 2
Tucked away on the far side of mountain passes in northeast Oregon, the 25-bed critical access Grande Ronde Hospital in La Grande provides much-needed care for a populace that can be cut off from larger facilities by a single snowstorm. The hospital provides all that it can for the local...
Briefings on Accreditation & Quality - Volume 24, Issue 2
Tucked away on the far side of mountain passes in northeast Oregon, the 25-bed critical access Grande Ronde Hospital in La Grande provides much-needed care for a populace that can be cut off from larger facilities by a single snowstorm. The hospital provides all that it can for the local...
The Joint Commission is seeking comments through February 26, 2013 on a proposed National Patient Safety Goal (NPSG) on the management of alarms as an important patient safety issue. Comments can be submitted via mail, an online form, or a survey of 15 questions....
Certain information should be available when medication errors are being prescribed. Age is one of the elements. Name at least four more elements that should be available. Click here to view the answer.
