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Consult these six places to find best practices

Nurse Leader Weekly, August 15, 2003

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Two chapters of the Joint Commission on the Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations' Comprehensive Accreditation Manual for Hospitals call for research into successful practices in the industry.

Standards IM.9 in the Management of Information chapter and PI.2 in the Performance Improvement chapter of the commission's manual require you to look into how your colleagues are handling these issues. You shouldn't have to stress out when trying to uncover these best practices, however, says Glenn Krasker, president of the Wilmington, DE-based consulting firm Critical Management Solutions. Here are six resources you can consult to find best practices:

1. Medical journals, such as the Journal of the American Medical Association (http://jama.ama-assn.org/) or the New England Journal of Medicine (www.nejm.org)

2. The National Patient Safety Foundation listserv. Type your subject into the archives search engine (www.npsf.org) and find messages from others who have worked on similar projects.

3. Internet search engines, such as Google (www.google.com) or Yahoo! (www.yahoo.com) can turn up articles, individuals, and even whole Web pages devoted to your subject matter.

4. Specialized organizations or foundations, such as the Alzheimer's Association, that have already sifted through information to find best practices.

5. Vendors. Even these folks will be able to educate you on certain best practices-especially those that support the use of their products. Just be sure to double-check any advice they give you with the original source.

6. Briefings on Patient Safety and other HCPro, Inc., products that bring you simple, step-by-step case studies and tips on what has and hasn't worked for your peers.

Adapted from: Briefings on Patient Safety, www.hcmarketplace.com/prod.cfm?id=234&S=ENMW.

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