Patient Safety Monitor Journal, August 2019

August 5, 2019
Patient Safety Monitor Journal - Volume 20 Issue 8
Infection Control, Patient Safety, Quality & Errors

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Inside Accreditation and Quality, August 2019

August 5, 2019
Inside Accreditation & Quality - Volume 1 Issue 8
Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Infection Control, Patient Safety, Behavioral & Mental Health

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How BJC HealthCare cut patient harm events 75% by targeting 5 factors

August 1, 2019
- Volume 13 Issue 38
Patient Safety, Quality & Errors

In 2008, St. Louis-based BJC HealthCare launched a patient safety and quality improvement initiative that was designed to dramatically reduce...Read More »

Patient Handoffs: Stop Errors and Improve Compliance

July 30, 2019
Webinars
Environment and Facilities, Patient Safety, Quality & Errors

Stop medical errors, patient harm, and angry surveyors by fixing your patient handoff process. 

Speak Up™ on Patient Falls

July 30, 2019
Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor - Volume 13 Issue 33
Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Patient Safety, Quality & Errors

On July 24, The Joint Commission (TJC) released free materials as part of its ...Read More »

Eliminating the ‘weekend effect’ will improve maternal outcomes

July 30, 2019
Patient Safety Monitor Journal - Volume 20 Issue 8
Patient Safety, Quality & Errors

The last thing that should be on the mind of a woman going into labor is whether her weekend, holiday, or nighttime delivery is putting her and...Read More »

Get ready for the next flu season

July 30, 2019
Patient Safety Monitor Journal - Volume 20 Issue 8
Infection Control, Patient Safety

In the 2018–2019 season there were up to 43 million cases of the flu, resulting in about 20 million medical clinic visits, 647,000...Read More »

Minnesota center uses high harm debriefs to improve event reporting

July 30, 2019
Inside Accreditation & Quality - Volume 1 Issue 8
Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Patient Safety, Quality & Errors

After a CMS survey last summer resulted in a finding of Immediate Jeopardy, University of Minnesota Health (M Health) was able to quickly develop...Read More »

TJC: Abuse and human trafficking patients

July 16, 2019
Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor - Volume 13 Issue 31
Patient Safety, Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Workplace safety

TJC posted two blog items this July, one on providing trauma informed care to patients who’ve been abused and the other on identifying human...Read More »

Have readmissions penalties jumped the shark?

July 9, 2019
Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor - Volume 13 Issue 30
Patient Safety, Quality & Errors, Accreditation & Survey Preparation

Findings have led researchers to suggested that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services may no longer be able to squeeze any significant...Read More »

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