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Everyone knows that in order to have the kind of hospital that gets an A grade in safety from The Leapfrog Group, you need to have an organization whose culture values safety. But how do you know that you do? And is there a way you can measure it?
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As the National Committee for Quality Assurance hopes that all-cause readmission rate reporting by health plans will assist in creating more consideration of patient care across the continuum, the National Quality Forum (NQF) hopes a new measurement framework for multiple chronic conditions will likewise help improve care in and out of the hospital.
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In a first-of-its-kind survey, The Leapfrog Group graded more than 2,600 hospitals of all sizes and types in the United States on how they performed in more than two dozen weighted patient safety measures both process and outcomes.
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Several legal cases decided in recent months have rendered material discoverable that doctors thought was protected. These cases in places as varied as New York, New England, and Illinois have caused some physicians to question whether they should participate in peer review processes if their comments and discussions can end up being used against them in civil litigation.
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The Government Accountability Office (GAO) recently issued a warning to hospitals about the risk of the theft of radiological materials, which could be used to make a dirty bomb. Experts caution that the presence of radiological materials in a hospital brings a significant obligation to provide security.
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When protecting a hospital's possible targets, the first step is a threat assessment, says Zachary Goldfarb, EMT-P, CHSP, CHEP, CEM, principal with Incident Management Solutions, a company in Uniondale, NY, that helps hospitals and other organizations prepare for and respond to emergencies.
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Nurses are more likely to catch medical errors in supportive hospitals, according to a recent study.
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A unique nationwide patient safety project funded by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) reduced the rate of central line-associated bloodstream infections (CLABSIs) in intensive care units by 40%, according to the agency's preliminary findings of the largest national effort to combat CLABSIs to date.
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Meeting the Stage 2 meaningful use requirement that 5% of patients access their health information online to view, download, or transmit information requires more planning than just providing a patient portal, says Shane Pilcher, FHIMSS, vice president of Stoltenberg Consulting, a healthcare information technology consulting firm in Bethel Park, PA.
