Hospital Peer Review – December 1, 2005
December 1, 2005
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Effective error reporting: Quality leaders share cutting-edge strategies
Are dangerous errors going undetected at your organization? Or are some types of errors being carefully tracked, but without action taken to prevent similar mistakes?Are staff reporting potential errors?
Your organization probably has a very small number of serious adverse outcomes, but in all likelihood, near-misses are very common, says Richard J. Croteau, MD, JCAHOs executive director of patient safety initiatives. We encourage organizations to include a broad range of events in their reporting systems broader than what we require, he says.The Quality - Cost Connection: Measuring the value of patient education
Patients are being urged to assume more responsibility for the state and care of their health. Preventing illness and controlling its effects when it does occur requires optimum patient participation.Patient Satisfaction Planner: Program improves care, hospital collaborations
A nationwide hospital program developed to support families visiting loved ones in the intensive care unit (ICU) has shown significant benefits for families, patients, and team members in the ICU, according to a new study.Patient Satisfaction Planner: Community interventions aid self-care, prevention
A program designed to prevent emergency department (ED) visits and readmissions for chronically ill older adults sends nurse case managers from Valley Health in Winchester, VA, into Virginias northern Shenandoah Valley to assist clients with special health needs.Patient Satisfaction Planner: ACEP urges increase in surge capacity for flu
The American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP) is warning that the nations pandemic influenza plan does not address the lack of surge capacity and isolation capability in the nations hospital emergency departments.Maryland ICUs collaborate to revamp care processes
How would you like to reduce ventilator-associated pneumonia at your organizations intensive care unit (ICU) by 19%, and decrease bloodstream infections by 36%, in only eight months? Those are the impressive results achieved by hospitals participating in the Maryland Patient Safety Centers ICU Safety Culture Collaborative.SIP measures now posted on Hospital Compare site
Are you collecting data on surgical infection prevention (SIP)? If so, there is a new resource to find out how your organization compares with others.Study: Public’s interest in quality data is growing
According to a new study, a growing number of consumers are using online hospital performance web sites to make health care decisions. In addition, providers are using publicly reported measures to make quality improvement decisions.