Patient Safety Monitor Journal - Volume 11, Issue 2

Ohio hospital keeps TABS on patients

February 1, 2010
Patient Safety

In October 2008, staff members at Riverside Methodist Hospital (RMH) in Columbus, OH, approached Sheryl Tripp, MSN, RN-BC, nurse manager for the gynecology/gynecology-oncology (gyn/gyn-onc) surgical unit, in hopes of changing the way nurses were issuing patient reports.

Patient Safety Monitor Journal - Volume 11, Issue 2

IHI conference focuses  on doing more with less

February 1, 2010
Patient Safety

Hospitals need to realize that the healthcare industry is forever linked with the macroeconomics of the ¬United States, IHI president and CEO Donald M. Berwick, MD, told attendees at the group’s annual conference.

Patient Safety Monitor Journal - Volume 11, Issue 2

Briefings on Patient Safety, February 2010

February 1, 2010
Patient Safety

This issue of Briefings on Patient Safety has articles about the Institute for Healthcare Improvement 21st National Forum on Quality Improvement, preventing ventilator-associated pneumonia, improving handoff communication by using a Transferring Care at the Bed Side method, and Process...

Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor

Staff Challenge Question: Patient Falls

January 26, 2010
Patient Safety

True or false: One of the first steps in a falls reduction program is an accurate assessment of each patient’s fall risk.

Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor

Staff Challenge Question: Communication

January 5, 2010
Patient Safety

True or false: Hospitals must monitor the timeliness of reporting routine critical test results and values.

Patient Safety Monitor Journal - Volume 11, Issue 1

Briefings on Patient Safety 2009 index

January 1, 2010
Patient Safety

Culture of safety

Illustrating the cost of poor quality. Aug., p. 1.

Survey: Most hospitals make culture of safety a priority. May, p. 12.

Patient Safety Monitor Journal - Volume 11, Issue 1

Briefings on Patient Safety, January 2010

January 1, 2010
Patient Safety

Inside:

More attention being paid to diagnosis errors

Patient safety Q&A

Joint Commission, HHS release new video about healthcare communication

Patient photos help reduce medication errors in psychiatry department of Texas hospital

Briefings on Patient...

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