ADNPSO’s 90-Second Post Fall Assessment video can be used as a educational tool to guide nurses toward an overall initial impression in determining the cause of a fall and establishing priorities for patient care interventions and prevention of repeat falls.
During the past decade, healthcare quality and patient safety have emerged as major targets for ongoing monitoring, seeing great strides in the improvement of patient outcomes, particularly through the measurement of adverse events. These types of events can lead to increased resource utilization and greater intensity of service resulting in additional cost and days of hospitalization.
This video is designed to help hospital staff build and manage an effective huddle system that perpetuates timely, thorough communication regarding patient and staff safety issues organization wide.
ADNPSO conducted a statewide Patient Safety Good Catch Campaign in Arkansas in 2017. During this campaign, hospitals achieved 95% of the campaign goal and saw a 47% increase in near miss reporting over baseline.
American Data Network Patient Safety Organization (ADNPSO) named its third quarter recipient of the Good Catch Award, presented to outstanding Arkansas healthcare workers striving to drive change and
A new program introduced by the Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality provides training aimed at helping hospitals prevent patient falls.
