September 6, 2013 | By: Calevir
As long-term care providers move headlong into one kind of culture change, along comes Safety Culture. Is there a tool to measure it and help define it-a Safety Culture version of the Artifacts of Culture Change? Yes, there is. It’s the Survey of Patient Safety Culture from the Agency for Healthcare Quality and Research (AHRQ). And Missouri licensed long-term care providers can administer it simply and at no cost through the Center for Patient Safety (CPS). Learn more about the survey process and how to sign up here.
A recent Pennsylvania case shows how courts narrowly interpret the PSQIA, ignoring the D & A pathway and the clear language of the Final Rule. (Ungurian v. Beyzman, et al., 2020 PA Super 105). The cour
The Center for Patient Safety wants to share this important harm-prevention advice from The Joint Commission and its Sentinel Event Alert: Managing the Risks of Direct Oral Anticoagulants. The Joint Commis
Issue: A number of events reported co CPS’ Patient Safety Organization (PSO) demonstrate poor handoff communication about the patients’ infectious disease status Examples include: Patient with
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