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.
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.
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.