Potential National Patient Safety Standards goals up for review
Credentialing Resource Center Connection, December 7, 2006
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The Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO) has released a draft of goals and requirements considered for inclusion in the Joint Commission's 2008 National Patient Safety Goals. The full text of the potential Goals on the list are posted on the Joint Commission website (www.jointcommission.org) and has been distributed for comment to health care professionals, providers, consumers and other stakeholders. The deadline for feedback is
The National Patient Safety Goals, which are updated annually, are designed to require health care organizations to protect patients from the negative impact of specific health care errors.
According to an official release from the JCAHO, the draft goals are aimed at requiring hospitals to:
- improve recognition and response to changes in a patient's condition
- reduce the risk of post-operative complications for patients with obstructive sleep apnea
- prevent patient harm associated with health care worker fatigue
- prevent catheter misconnections
Other requirements up for review for possible inclusion include requiring organizations to investigate and initiate planning for the use of technology to assist with patient identification, and to reduce the likelihood of patient harm associated with the use of anticoagulation therapy.
The list was developed by a panel of well-known patient safety experts (made up of nurses, physicians, risk managers, pharmacists, and other professionals) who have hands-on experience in addressing patient safety issues in a variety of health care settings.
"The field review offers the opportunity for others to share their judgment about the relevance, priority, clarity, ability to measure compliance, time needed to implement and cost of implementation of each potential Goal and Requirement under consideration," the Joint Commission stated in its official release.
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