I receive postings from JCAHO on patient safety issues, as I suspect some of you do, but for those who may have overlooked this one, note that MedlinePlus has been mentioned in the text that follows. Now if we could just get the Commission to recognize that there are librarians behind the deveolopment, evaluation and maintenance of MedlinePlus and that we play an integral role in patient safety and other aspects of information support. Might we ever hope for inclusion in accreditation?
I hope you and your libraries have been noticed during Patient Safety Week!
Mike Simmons
Sparrow Health System
p.s. The URL below for MedlinePlus is odd because JCAHO is routing it through their servers first.
Five Key Patient Safety Activities
Here are five key activities that can help your organization provide
safe patient care:
1. Accept only those individuals whose identified care,
treatment, and service needs can be met by your organization.
2. Thoroughly assess and reassess the patient to identify the
appropriate care, treatment, and services to meet his or her
initial and changing needs while in the hospital.
3. Develop the right plan of care for the patient. The plan
must address the patient’s specific and unique needs and be
revised as needed.
4. Provide planned and appropriate interventions safely in a
setting that is responsive to specific patient needs.
5. Ensure continuity of care when the individual is discharged
or transferred.
Here are some helpful online patient safety resources:
-- Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare
Organizations
http://jcrinc.co.mansellgroup.net/UM/T.asp?A2557.25634.1623.1.81095
-- MedlinePlus®
http://jcrinc.co.mansellgroup.net/UM/T.asp?A2557.25634.1623.2.81095
-- National Patient Safety Foundation®
http://jcrinc.co.mansellgroup.net/UM/T.asp?A2557.25634.1623.3.81095
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