[Index] [Blog] Perspectives [PR] – (June, Vol 33, #6)

• PR: Improvements and Updates to the Transitions of Care Portal [FYI: BHC, JCSC, LDR] Perspectives, June 2013, Vol 32, #13, Pg 5

BHC should note that the portal now contains a “Publications by Provider Type” which includes Behavioral Health Care.  The article also references a second 8-page ‘Hot Topic’ paper entitled: Transitions of Care: The need for a more effective approach to continuing patient care.  For more background on the TOC refer to TJC Launches Transitions of Care (TOC) Portal.

[Index] [Blog] The Source [TS] (June Vol 11 #6)

• TS:  Perspectives on Patient Safety: AHRQ Reports on Top Patient Safety Strategies [FYI: IC, MD, RN, SFT] The Source, June 2013, Vol 11, # 6, Pg 11

The US Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) has published a report (Making Health Care Safer II: An Updated Critical Analysis of the Evidence for Patient Safety Practices) that identifies and strongly recommends 10 patient safety strategies that can “vastly improve patient safety and health care…”.  The following are the most relevant to psychiatric hospitals:
#5: Hand hygiene
#6: The do-not-use list for hazardous abbreviations

 • TS:  Benchmark: Effective Data Collection and Analysis: Complying with Standard PI.02.01.01 [FYI: IT, JCSC, LDR, PI] The Source, June 2013, Vol 11, # 6, Pg 16

PI.02.01.01 requires organizations to compile and analyze data in usable formats, using statistical tools and techniques, and compare data with external sources when available. Here the authors  suggest ensuring compliance by paying attention to five data management subsystems, 1- Collecting, 2- Cleansing (checked for accuracy), 3- Reporting, 4- Analyzing and 5- Applying data. Most of the article focuses on the role and methods of ORYX vendors and TJC in addressing the five sub-systems.  A useful tip is for those with EMR to explore the possibility of creating an electronic interface with your vendor that would permit direct data capture/transfer.  Although time consuming (and perhaps expensive) on the front end, the long-term efficiency benefits could be very worthwhile; especially if established for an entire hospital system.  The article also recommends the use of TJC’s Core Measure Solution Exchange.
See also: Perspectives, April 2011, Vol 31, #4  Joint Commission Launches New Core Measure Solution Exchange Accelerating Change by Expanding Access to Data

[Index] [Blog] Environment of Care News [EC] (June Vol 16 #6)

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