The Center for Patient Safety is hosting a webinar to share information and answer questions on how joining a PSO can help you meet the requirements of the new CMS regulation for requirements under the Affordable Care Act by January 2017:
1. Learn the benefits of joining a Patient Safety Organization (PSO)
2. Learn how joining a PSO can support your patient safety efforts
3. Learn how the PSO protections can apply to your organization
This webinar is open to healthcare professionals in hospitals with a desire to improve patient safety and reduce patient risk, including professionals working in quality, risk, patient safety, quality improvement, and legal staff, executive leaders, and outside counsel and consultants for hospitals or health systems.
Tuesday, April 11 from 12-1pm Central
The Center for Patient Safety is hosting a webinar to share information and answer questions on how joining a Patient Safety Organization (PSO) can help you improve your resident safety:
• What are the benefits of joining a PSO?
• How can a PSO support your patient safety efforts?
• How can PSO protections apply to your organization?
This webinar is open to healthcare professionals in LTC with a desire to improve patient safety and reduce patient risk, including professionals working in quality, risk, patient safety, quality improvement, and legal staff, executive leaders, and outside counsel and consultants for long term care or health systems.
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar.
Commit
ted c-suite leadership to inspire a shared vision is the most critical element in a successful patient safety program. This non-delegable responsibility sets the example by supporting an open and transparent environment, fostering a patient safety culture among all caregivers.
Learn how senior leaders use these steps to provide and support a safer care venue for all patients:
Thursday, February 16 from 12-1 pm (Central)
To Register, Click Here.
Culture impacts everything we do. And it’s no different in health care organizations. The strongest cultures support employee engagement, promote open communication and the sharing of mistakes to foster improvement.
Learn about how the Center’s survey administrative survey can save you time and money and why measuring your culture is so important to improve patient safety.
Tuesday, November 1st from 1-2pm (Central) – REGISTER
The Center for Patient Safety is hosting a webinar to share information and answer questions on how taking the Survey on Patient Safety can help you improve patient safety:
Benefits of CPS Safety Culture Survey Services:
SAVE TIME & MONEY! Save 30+ hours of administrative time. You’ll need about 2 hours for the entire process and we’ll take care of the rest!
For additional information visit our website.
MHA Staff Contact: Sharon Burnett
A report from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of Inspector General finds state survey agencies need to improve their tracking of serious hospital errors, including suicide and other adverse events. OIG recommends that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services require all immediate jeopardy complaint surveys to evaluate compliance with the quality assessment and performance improvement Conditions of Participation. OIG also suggests that CMS ensure state agencies monitor hospitals’ corrective actions for sustained improvements, amend guidance on disclosure to explain the nature of complaints to hospitals and improve communication with accreditors.
A newly published federal rule requires Medicaid programs to implement non-payment policies for preventable events by July 2012.
The Center will be attending the Regional Symposium on Accountable Care Organizations, Thursday, April 28th at the Tiffany Greens Golf Clubhouse in Kansas City.
The symposium is important because of the great presenters who will be sharing valuable updates, strategies and more.
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
The Center for Patient Safety believes that collaboration and sharing are the best ways to drive improvement. We strive to provide the right solutions and resources to improve healthcare safety and quality.