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RTN1302_B2_Discharge Planning Tracer
• TS: – Tracer Methodology 101 Effective Discharge Planning[®] [REF: JCSC, SW] The Source, February 2013, Vol 11, #2, Pg 6 This latest installment in this series encourages the use of tracer methodology to help improve discharge planning. It also offers the usual general hospital-based scenario for such a tracer, but the sample questions and…
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RTN1302_B3_LD040405 RCA
• TS: – Responding to Sentinel Events Conducting an Effective Root Cause Analysis[®] [REF: JCCAP, JCSC, LDR, MDx, RNx, SFT] The Source, February 2013, Vol 11, #2, Pg 12 Although they have books you can buy, TJC has provided very few articles in its periodicals explaining the root cause analysis (RCA) process. Beyond the requirements…
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RTN1302_B4_EC040101 Safety Champions
• EC: – Clarifications and Expectations: Safety Champions Making health care safety everyone’s business[®] [REF: EOC, JCSC, LDR, SFT, StEd] EC News February 2013, Vol 16, #2, Pg 2 This latest offering in the Clarifications & Expectations series offers an interesting strategy for incrementally spreading safety awareness, expertise and investment… through a Safety Champions Program. …