Many quality and patient safety leaders have multiple responsibilities within their departments. Wearing so many hats is a monumental challenge, but one that is made a bit easier by having the right[...]
The Ultimate Toolkit for Quality & Patient Safety Professionals Who Wear Multiple Hats
19 minute read | May 19, 2021Falls 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
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How to Create a Cost-Benefit Analysis of Outsourcing Core Measures or Registries Data Abst...
4 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 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. It[...]
Inter-Rater Reliability: What It Is, How to Do It, and Why Your Hospital’s Bottom Line Is ...
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Free Checklists for Severe Sepsis and Septic Shock
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Free Sepsis Tipsheets Available for Quick Reference
1 minute read | May 11, 2017The Partnership for Health IT Patient Safety recently released a free resource designed to improve health IT safety. The Health IT Safe Practices: Toolkit for the Safe Use of Copy and Paste presents[...]
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