Inside the news: A five-year safety journey brings success to an Ohio hospital
HCPro's Weekly Update on the ANCC Magnet Recognition Program®*, November 25, 2008
After a five-year journey to develop a safe and healthy culture for its staff, Southern Ohio Medical Center (SOMC) in Portsmouth was recently awarded the Voluntary Protection Program (VPP) Star Designation—an award given by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA).
SOMC, a 2008 ANCC Magnet Recognition Program® recipient, is one of only eight hospitals in the United States to achieve VPP status—a three-year designation. One way SOMC met OSHA’s criteria to develop a safety and health management system was through its safety champions.
SOMC has one to three safety champions in every department who attend quarterly training sessions on numerous safety issues (e.g., ergonomics, fire training). The champions are provided with educational materials on the safety issues to take back to their department to share with their peers.
Source: Southern Ohio Medical Center press release
Comments
0 comments on “Inside the news: A five-year safety journey brings success to an Ohio hospital ”
Related Products
-
Strategies for Nurse Managers
Strategies for Nurse Managers is a 12-page monthly how-to newsletter that was created exclusively to help you save time...
-
Nurse Leader Weekly
Our informative free e-mail newsletter for nursing professionals delivers helpful tips and advice each week!
-
Staff Development Weekly: Insight on Evidence-Based Practice in Education
This e-mail newsletter reports on innovative training methods and mandatory training requirements. You'll also find tips on...
-
Medicine on the Net
Unleash the mystery of how the internet is affecting the healthcare industry today with this monthly newsletter.
-
Nursing-Sensitive Quality Indicators:
This 90-minute webcast discusses the nurse's role in quality improvement and offers practical tips to help you collect and...
Most Popular
- Articles
-
- HIPAA Q&A: Flu shot requirement for hospital employees
- Running an effective peer review committee meeting
- HealthDataInsights posts new issues for medical necessity claims
- Sneak Peek: Effort underway to establish caseload benchmarks
- Q/A: Coding for telescopic intraocular lens
- New FAQ posted on storing laryngoscope blades
- Tip: Perform your own internal investigation prior to government audit
- HIPAA 5010 deadline extended, but threat remains, says AMA
- HHS task force: Consider privacy, security with text messages
- What does case-mix index mean to you?
- E-mailed
-
- Running an effective peer review committee meeting
- HIPAA Q&A: Flu shot requirement for hospital employees
- HHS task force: Consider privacy, security with text messages
- What does case-mix index mean to you?
- Q/A: Coding for telescopic intraocular lens
- Q/A: Correct use of modifier -PT
- Tip: Correctly code bilateral pain management procedures
- "Wall fountains" may be spreading Legionnaires to patients, visitors
- 2012 CPT code changes for ASCs: Shoulder and knee scopes and pain management
- Case Management Monthly, March 2012
- Searched