Accreditation

Electronic Medication Administration Record and Patient Safety One of the reason medication related deaths occur are due to medication errors (Karen, 2011, p. 1). In fact, within the United States, approximately 7,000 people die each year due to medication errors (Karen, 2011, p. 1). According to Karen (2011) 1.3 million medication errors occur yearly, which relates to several injuries and approximately one death a day related to medication errors in the Unites States (Karen, 2011, p. 1). One…

Falls in the hospital settings are considered to be the most common negative event after medication error, and many of hospi-tal’s falls cause serious injury that many times results in prolonged and complicated hospital stay, increase costs for the hospitals, and poor quality of life for the patient, and I do believe that one of the most causes which I also mention in my root cause analysis dia-gram has to do with the policies and protocols that are not reviewed and updated at the right time.…

Medical Errors Despite our greatest efforts to prevent medical errors, errors continue to occur. The most serious of these errors result in death, permanent injury or non-permanent harm that is at a severity level which requires an intervention in order to sustain the individuals life (Joint Commission, 2014, p. 1). Events of this severity are referred to as “sentinel events” since they signal the necessity for instant investigation and response (Joint Commission, 2014, p. 1). Among the…

Introduction Medical errors and unexpected side effects occur relatively often in the hospital setting, where in 1999, the Institute of Medicine (IOM) reported that medical errors resulted in roughly 98,000 deaths per year, becoming the eighth leading cause of death for patients (Phillips-Bute, 2012). While this number is very alarming, the amount of public concern toward medical errors are nearly nonexistent, resulting in patients having little understanding of their rights when their health…

the hospital’s elements of performance (EPs) scores that determine if a standard is in compliance: 0 = insufficient compliance, 1 = partial compliance, and 2 = satisfactory compliance (Facts about Scoring and Accreditation Decisions, 2015, para. 2). In Facts about Scoring and Accreditation Decisions (2015, para. 3), if the hospital receives any partially compliant or insufficiently compliant EPs, they must be addressed via the Evidence of Standards Compliance (ESC) submission process within 45…

The Joint Commission (TJC) is an independent, nonprofit organization that evaluates and accredits health care organizations in the United States. Their purpose is to improve general health care by evaluating these organizations and making sure they provide safe and effective care of the highest quality (The Joint Commission, 2017). The Joint Commission created the National Patient Safety Goals (NPSG) in 2002 to help recognize areas of concern in patient safety. The NPSG is developed and updated…

medication but need to change the delivery method or dosage of an available FDA-approved medication, a compounding pharmacy can accommodate your needs. Compounding Pharmacies are licensed and accredited as follows: • The Pharmacy Compounding Accreditation Board (PCAB) has established standards for all compounding pharmacies and compounding pharmacies comply with these standards, although they are not required by law to do so. • As with other pharmacies, compounding pharmacies are licensed,…

Background Information A literature review of patient handoff, and communication gaps of patient information during intrahospital patient transfers. The communication of complete and accurate patient information can be challenged, because of increasingly fast-paced and complex health care environments. Patient Handoff refers to, the process of transferring primary authority and responsibility for providing clinical care to a patient from one departing caregiver to one oncoming caregiver.…

have been proposed in regard to the efficiency and efficacy of their accreditation processes (CITE). For this reason, many feel that the ACCJC is not meeting their obligation to maintain institutional quality. In the following sections, I will discuss what issues specifically the ACCJC is having in terms of maintenance of institutional quality and what recommendations have been suggested for the commission to improve it’s accreditation processes. These recommendations were derived—in some…

itself as a leader among Public Works agencies in the United States and Canada. Of the nearly 19,500 cities and 6,000 counties across the nation, today only 124 other public works agencies can stand proud and say they are accredited. Achieving accreditation and maintaining certification as an accredited agency is quite an undertaking and accomplishment. Being accredited means our agency understands best management practices, is knowledgeable, examines our operations regularly, documents our…