Outcomes-based Patient Safety and Risk Management, Part II: The Top 3 Misconceptions
What is needed is a broad, consistent set of all-cause harm triggers that are clinically effective, operationally efficient, and optimized
Outcomes-driven Patient Safety and Risk, Part I: The Primary Pitfall
these leaders have seized upon evidence that, by proactively looking for data elements in the electronic medical record – also known as clinical “triggers” – timely harm identification and reduction is possible.
Who Killed Patient Safety?
today Pascal wishes to comment on a recent article by Hemmelgarn et al in which the authors posed a question: “Who Killed Patient Safety?”
Pascal’s Virtual Patient Safety White Paper Update
We're pleased to release the latest update to the white paper describing the incredible patient harm reduction health systems are achieving by using our "Virtual Patient Safety "(VPS) solution.
Patient Harm: An Unwelcome “Fellow Traveler”
The incidence of patient harm has been widely documented. A paper by Sammer et al showed that there is a relationship between “all-cause harm” outcomes and performance measures such as safety culture, employee engagement, and patient experience.
Transforming Risk Management in Healthcare
The most important goal of risk management should not be to minimize payout but to deliver a superior patient experience at a lower cost. Identifying serious harm or the risk thereof within 24 hours and acting to ameliorate and avoid with a requisite level of transparency is the path to a new generation of risk management.