The Joint Commission has proposed a new National Patient Safety Goal (NPSG) for 2014 related to the management of alarms. Field review ended February 26.
The Joint Commission has proposed a new National Patient Safety Goal (NPSG) for 2014 related to the management of alarms. Field review ended February 26.
Briefings on Accreditation & Quality - Volume 24, Issue 4
Discharge planning and follow-up phone calls are never easy. It's a perennial challenge for healthcare organizations as each tries to find its own pattern or process to maximize the benefits of the calls while minimizing the stress on patients and staff.
In 2011, the 311-bed Lucile Packard Children's Hospital in Palo Alto, Calif., was beginning to use its Packard Quality Management System as a methodology for improvement, empowering employees to identify and solve routine work problems, and design and implement better...
Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) recently developed a protocol to use a Web-based standardized clinical encounter to evaluate providers' ability to assess the risk of suicide.
Briefings on Accreditation & Quality - Volume 24, Issue 4
