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One of the most common mistakes found in Joint Commission surveys is expired medications, says Yosef D. Dlugacz, PhD, of the Krasnoff Quality Management Institute at the Long Island Jewish Health System in New Hyde Park, NY.
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A prenatal care quality initiative at the North Shore-LIJ Health System in Great Neck, NY, has achieved significant improvement in the 11 adverse outcome measures followed via modification of the Adverse Outcome Index (MAOI), according to a study published in the Journal for Healthcare Quality.
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It's 44 pages of questions about infection control procedures from injections and hand hygiene to sharps safety and personal protective equipment and it's coming to your hospital soon.
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Academic detailing a way of teaching novel concepts one on one started as a way for pharmaceutical and medical device companies to quickly disseminate information about new drugs and devices by having individual physicians spread the word among their peers.
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One of the most challenging of The Joint Commission's National Patient Safety Goals in recent years, at least according to those trying to comply with it, is the goal dealing with medication reconciliation.
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A study conducted at Good Samaritan Hospital in Dayton, OH, has determined that denial rates are lower when case managers collaborate with physicians to determine patients' admission status.
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As part of its efforts to reduce readmissions, WellStar Health System, based in suburban Atlanta, is meeting with post-acute providers to collaborate on ways to make transitions between levels of care smoother. It is piloting a program in which a transition coach works with heart failure patients in the hospital and follows them for four weeks following discharge.
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One of the ways busy EDs are attempting to manage long wait times is by enabling patients who don't need immediate care to make an appointment to be seen in the ED one or two hours in advance.
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When St. Anthony's Hospital and Pinellas Point Nursing and Rehabilitation, both located in St. Petersburg, FL, collaborated on a project to reduce heart failure readmissions, the team determined that many readmissions were for sepsis. They embarked on a project that eliminated sepsis as a reason for readmission in just six months.
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Since the Presbyterian Healthcare Services in Albuquerque, NM, started its emergency department navigation program, targeting patients who seek treatment for minor ailments, 11,600 patients have been navigated to other levels of care. Only about 5% of them have returned to the emergency department with non-emergent conditions or illnesses.
