Regional accreditation

Table 4 provides details of resource use and costs used in the model. The cost of treating unintentional poisoning injury was estimated based on NHS reference costs for hospital services obtained from PSSRU Unit Costs of Health and Social Care 2012 (Curtis 2012). In the model, it was assumed that all medically reported cases of unintentional poisoning are taken to the emergency department for initial assessment and or treatment. In the emergency department, cases are triaged as minor requiring…

Accreditation is proving to an official organization that has authority to state if your organization meets the demands that are set for facility to show the team of accreditors that you are competent and have met a set of standards. When your facility gets accredited by the official organization the stakeholders are ensured that the facility meets a set of standards in quality and safety. Being an accredited facility means you have reached the gold seal in quality and safety for your patients…

Joint Commission formally known as the Joint Commission Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO) is and independent, non-for-profit organization (JCAHO, 2015). JCAHO was found in 1951 it role is too provided safely and quality care that received by health care organization throughout the United States. Therefore, before the commission can reach any goals they are using a measurement system which helps with survey’s to grant accreditation to healthcare organization that is other role…

A1. Compliance Status “Nightingale Community Hospital (NGCH) has a vision to be the preferred hospital of choice for patients, employees, physicians, volunteers, and the community.” Their “mission is to create a healing environment, with a passionate commitment to healthcare excellence.” (Nightingale Community Hospital Brochure, n.d., p. 2) NGCH’s four core values are Safety, Community, Teamwork, and Accountability. Nightingale Community, as well as other hospital organizations, is governed by…

With many health care facilities being the backbone of society, patient safety is the number one goal. For this reason, the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO), has put together a set of National Patient Safety Goals as called NPSGs. NPSGs were established in 2002, and these goals were made, “to continuously improve health care for the public, in collaboration with other stakeholders, by evaluating health care organizations and inspiring them to excel in…

Beaumont hospital is a 1070 bed hospital, which includes inpatient and outpatient services. This includes an imaging center, cancer center, neuroscience center, research institute, a heart & vascular center, as well as, medical office building that house physicians’ private practices. Since September 2014, Beaumont Health System has initiated new operations and best practices. This includes an integration of electronic health records, supply chain improvements, and opportunities to improve…

Evidence Based Practice – Pressure Ulcers In today’s era of nursing, nurses practice in an “accountability age.” The quality of care provided to each patient as well as cost issues is what drives the direction of healthcare. Patients are becoming more informed and knowledgeable about their own health as well as prevalence of medical errors within hospitals and other healthcare institutions across the United States. To decrease such errors such as nosocomial infections, medication errors,…

The Joint Commission is an independent, non-profit organization, which both accredits and certifies health care organizations and programs throughout the United States. In 2002, the committee established a set of goals known as the National Patient Safety Goals (NPSGs) program. The development of the NPSGs began with a panel of nurses, physicians, pharmacists, risk managers, clinical engineers and other professionals with adequate experience in the world of patient safety (“Facts about NPSGs”,…

. The organizational culture in healthcare is composed of behaviors, values, language and activities that are experienced by a team of people (Joshi et al., 2014). The culture in an organization can lead to its success or downfall (Joshi et al., 2014). Leadership is an important component to having an effective organizational culture because they set the tone for high quality of care and safety measures (Joshi et al., 2014). The organizational culture at this hospital is lacking in many…

1. Describe your level of awareness of the prevalence of medical errors before this course and reading part 1 Before reading part 1, I was in the delusion that medical mistakes occurs and are extremely rare. After reading the part 1, I realized that medical mistakes are not as rare as I thought it was. According to Institute of Medicine report (IOM) report, nearly 98,000 thousand people die each year from preventable medical error (Gibson, & Singh, 2003). 2. Part 1 of Gibson and Singh details…