We’d like to announce this month’s blog contest winner of a free registration to the 2010 AHAP Conference: Heather Forbes of Southern Maine Medical Center! Heather’s original contest entry can be viewed here.
The April winner for the AHAP Conference’s free registration has been picked. Heather Forbes, RN, BSN, CEN, CSHA, accreditation and regulatory coordinator at Southern Maine Medical Center, Biddeford, ME winning submission can be viewed by clicking here.
The Joint Commission has announced the field review of its revised medication reconciliation requirement, which it has designated as National Patient Safety Goal (NPSG) 03.07.01.
In a year that saw budgets cut, travel expenses slashed, and jobs lost, it is unsurprising to report that 2009 did not see major increases in salary for accreditation specialists and survey coordinators across the country. What the 2010 AHAP Salary Survey discovered, however, is that increases...
Innovation and design thinking is a fascinating methodology that holds much promise for healthcare. Although other industries, such as manufacturing and telecommunications, have harnessed the power that design thinking can hold, healthcare is just beginning to truly embrace and apply some of the...
Briefings on Accreditation & Quality - Volume 21, Issue 4
Did you happen to note that the Survey Activity Guide (SAG) was last updated by The Joint Commission on February 11? We believe the subtle changes in the survey guide reflect potential changes in survey focus driven, in part, by the Commission’s ongoing effort to align with the CMS survey...
This issue contains articles about human factors engineering, suicide risk assessment, rapid response teams and analyzing where missed opportunities occur, a column about design thinking in patient safety, and how staff safety effects patient safety.
