Joint Commission journal on quality and patient safety / Joint Commission Resources
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Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf · Mar 2016
Using the Targeted Solutions Tool® to Improve Emergency Department Handoffs in a Community Hospital.
There is little evidence for solutions to improve the handoff process between units, particularly from the emergency department (ED) to the inpatient unit. A systematic approach was used to improve the handoff communication process between the ED and the four private physician groups serving Juneau, Alaska, that admit and deliver care to patients of a 73-bed, Level 4 trauma center community hospital. ⋯ Use of the TST was associated with improvement in the ED handoff communication process.
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Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf · Jan 2016
Multicenter StudyA Tool for the Concise Analysis of Patient Safety Incidents.
Patient safety incidents, sometimes referred to as adverse events, incidents, or patient safety events, are too common an occurrence in health care. Most methods for incident analysis are time and labor intensive. Given the significant resource requirements of a root cause analysis, for example, there is a need for a more targeted and efficient method of analyzing a larger number of incidents. Although several concise incident analysis tools are in existence, there are no published studies regarding their usability or effectiveness. ⋯ A concise tool for the investigation of patient safety incidents with low or no harm was well accepted across a select group of hospitals from five countries.