In 2009, The Joint Commission added Leadership standard LD.03.01.01, ”Leaders create and maintain a culture of safety and quality throughout the hospital,” to recognize that behavior that intimidates others and affects staff morale and turnover can also be damaging to patient care, and to...
Briefings on Accreditation & Quality - Volume 23, Issue 4
In 2009, The Joint Commission added Leadership standard LD.03.01.01, ”Leaders create and maintain a culture of safety and quality throughout the hospital,” to recognize that behavior that intimidates others and affects staff morale and turnover can also be damaging to patient care, and to...
Briefings on Accreditation & Quality - Volume 23, Issue 4
Recently in this space, we talked about CMS’ changing stance on the so-called ”30-minute rule.” To follow up, we thought it was time to take a look at the Institute for Safe Medication Practices (ISMP) and its recently developed Acute Care Guidelines for Timely Administration of...
Briefings on Accreditation & Quality - Volume 23, Issue 4
By now, the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) is well known to the healthcare community. Hospital staff and physicians have long been practicing a strict standard of patient privacy.
Years ago, when I wanted information on certain patient safety subjects, I might have gone to multiple sources—the Internet (of course), a colleague within my network, and maybe even a book.
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) has released its most recent Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture: 2012 User Comparative Database Report, which includes responses from 1,128 hospitals and 567,703 hospital staff, 76% of whom have direct interaction with patients...
Briefings on Accreditation & Quality - Volume 23, Issue 4
During summer 2011, AHAP surveyed hospitals coast to coast to gauge how tracer methodology has evolved in recent years and how effective hospitals are finding this challenging, but often pivotal process. Seventy-two percent of respondents reported that they maintain formal tracer...
The Joint Commission tracks and trends the most-cited standards to help healthcare organizations identify where the most challenging areas in the year’s surveys are occurring. The Joint Commission has released the latest list this week.
