Falls are a potentially catastrophic complication of inpatient care and a big piece of evaluating patient safety. Medical studies have found that falls occur at a rate of 3 - 5 per 1,000 bed-days.[...]
Prevent Falls with Easy-to-Use Calculator Based on Morse Fall Scale
4 minute read | Jan 22, 2021National Healthcare Quality Week gives us another opportunity to show our appreciation for all the hard work health professionals put into this field, especially during these difficult times. To[...]
Healthcare Quality Week 2020: 10 Free Tools & Resources Every Quality Professional Needs
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How to Create a Cost-Benefit Analysis of Outsourcing Core Measures or Registries Data Abst...
3 minute read | Oct 08, 2020As the tides continue to roll toward value-based care, evaluating quality metrics is more important than ever. In fact, many leaders in quality and patient safety are beginning to demonstrate that[...]
How to Make the Business Case for Patient Safety - Convincing Leadership with Hard Data
5 minute read | Sep 11, 2020What is a Specimen Error?
A Specimen Error is any defect that occurs during the entire testing process, from ordering tests to reporting results, and in any way influences the quality/safety of[...]
Specimen Study Helps 15 Hospitals Make Critical Process Changes to Prevent Errors
22 minute read | Feb 10, 2020What is Data Abstraction Inter Rater Reliability (IRR)?
Inter-rater reliability (IRR) is the process by which we determine how reliable a Core Measures or Registry abstractor's data entry is.[...]
Inter-Rater Reliability: What It Is, How to Do It, and Why Your Hospital’s Bottom Line Is ...
7 minute read | Aug 26, 2019A key indicator in the emergence of a strong reporting culture is the move away from a paper or homegrown event reporting tool to a more robust electronic system that supports real-time reporting,[...]
7 Discoveries Risk Managers Make After Switching to Electronic Event Reporting
4 minute read | Jul 30, 2019What is a Near Miss or Good Catch?
A Near Miss or Good Catch is a patient safety event that did not reach the patient while an incident is an event that reached the patient, regardless of harm.
How 45 Hospitals Increased Near Miss Reports by 47% with a Good Catch Program
7 minute read | Jul 24, 2019What is Patient Safety Event Reporting?
Patient Safety Event Reporting, also commonly referred to as incident reporting or occurrence reporting, is the system and process in which frontline[...]
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