Patient Safety

This is considered a top compliance issue by The Joint Commission

This is considered a top compliance issue by The Joint Commission

For acute and non-acute care settings

This chapter in the Accreditation Manual for Hospitals doesn’t include new standards and Elements of Performance. Its purpose is to identify ways to use existing requirements to improve patient safety. Analyze this chapter with the following questions and answers specific to the organization....

How well do you asses patients on admission?

Customize the answers to the practice at your institution. This tracer is intended to guide you in understanding the types of questions that may be asked by the surveyor. It cannot guarantee these will be the questions asked.

Review the documentation of an elective, same-day surgery patient from preoperative to admission to the inpatient unit.