Becker's ASC Review

Becker's Clinical Quality & Infection Control:

• 5 Tools for Improved Infection Control
• 4 Commonly Cited ASC Infection Prevention Deficiencies 

CDC:

• Handout for Adults to Know Vaccines They May Need
• Tools for Safe Injection Practices
• The One and Only Campaign: Injection Safety Myths and Truths 

We Heard You

• How Doctors Think: Errors and Cognition in Medicine
• Informed Consent
• Liability Aspects of EHRs

Interactive Case Studies:

• The Case Study of Leo McNeil
• The Case Study of Arthur Closier

Lecture-Based Courses:

• Assessing Patient Safety in the Office
• Practice Quality Modules 1 and 2
• Principal Issues of Medical Records Release and Retention

And Coming Soon:

• Communication Module 1 and 2

Note - New on-demand courses are always underway. Visit callcopic.com/education for current offerings.

  

• FDA Approved Risk Management Education on Long-Term Opioids (also in February issue of Nebraska Copiscope)
• Syncope - Key Factors to Consider
• Resurgence of Pertussis in Colorado (also in February issue of Nebraska Copiscope)

March

• Study Examines Association Between Use of Electronic Health Records and Medical Liability Claims
• Legal Protections for Providing Care Under Emergency and Volunteer Circumstances
• Steep Rise in Childbirth Complications: Implementing Training and Protocols to Improve Perinatal Safety
• Risk Management Guidelines for Telephone Encounters
• Caring for Breast Cancer Survivors

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For Acute Care Facilities 

January 2013

• Event Report Interviews
• Patient Lifts
• Immunization of Healthcare Personnel
• High-Profile Healthcare Associated Infections
• Office-Based Surgery and Anesthesia
• Addressing the Special Needs of Bariatric Patients
• Patients Leaving Against Medical Advice

March 2013

• Surgical Fires
• Home Care: An Overview
• Home Care: Staff Related Risks
• Patients Who Leave Without Being Seen 

• Refusal of Blood Transfusions on Religious Grounds
• Employee Radiation Exposure
• Health Literacy
• Culturally and Linguistically Competent Care 

January 2013

• ORRM Device Alerts

February 2013

• Bed Safety
• Sharps Injury Prevention and Control
• Bar-Coded Medication Administration Systems

For more info, visit ECRI Institute online.

• The Role of the Electronic Health Record in Patient Safety Events
• Analysis of the Multiple Risks Involving the Use of IV FentaNYL
• Surgical Fires: Trends Associated with Prevention Efforts

• Quarterly Update on Wrong-Site Surgery: Facilities with Barriers to Best Practices May Experience More Wrong Site Surgeries

Other Patient Safety Information & Features

• Wrong Site Surgery Protocol Followed
• The Effects of Drug Shortages on Unsafe Injection Practices
• Letter to the Editor: Malignant Hypothermia

• Distractions and Their Impact on Patient Safety
• Class III Obese Patients: Is Your Hospital Equipped to Meet Their Needs?
• Results of the Opioid Knowledge Assessment from the Pennsylvania Hospital Engagement Network Adverse Drug Event Collaboration

Focus on Infection Prevention

• Healthcare Outbreaks - Risk Assessment and Mitigation Based on Pathogen, Population and Environmental Factors: The P2E Concept

Update

• Quarterly Updated: What Body Parts and Procedures are Associated with Wrong Site Surgery?

• AAAHC Quality Institute Sleep Apnea Toolkit
• AAAHC - Institute for Quality Improvement - Patient Safety Toolkit: Ambulatory Surgery and Obstructive Sleep Apnea
• Advisen - Whitepaper - "The Changing Role of the Healthcare Risk Manager," December 2012
• AHRQ Web M&M Case Study: "Delay in Treatment: Failure to Contact Patient Leads to Significant Complications"
• AHRQ Privacy Protection Center: "Common Formats" for Occurrence Reporting to PSOs
• AHRQ PSNet: Handoffs and Signouts
• AHRQ:  Medications at Transitions and Clinical Handoffs (MATCH) Toolkit for Medication Reconciliation
• Ambulatory Surgery Center Association (ASCA) -  "Quality Reporting Toolkit"
• ANA - Whitepaper:  "The Value of Nursing Care Coordination"
• Ariadne Labs - Operating Room "Crisis Checklist Package" 2013
• Beckers Clinical Quality & Infection Control - "Complying with Quality Reporting Requirements: A How To Guide for ASCs"
• HealthIT.gov - Department of Health and Human Services Mobile Device Security Site
• ECRI Institute's "Top 10 C-Suite Watch List:  Hospital Technology Issues for 2013"
• HealthLeaders Media: "Top 10 Quality Issues for 2013"
• HealthLeaders Media: "13 Top Healthcare Buzzwords for 2013"
• Institute Of Medicine (IOM): "A CEO Checklist for High-Value Health Care"
• Iowa Health Systems: "Always Use Teach-Back! Toolkit
• ISMP: New Three Free Research Based Medication Safety Tools
• CMS Medicare Learning Network: Prescription Drug Monitoring Programs: A Resource to Help Address Prescription Drug Abuse and Diversion
• Minnesota Hospital Association: "Anticoagulation Agent Adverse Drug Event Gap Analysis"
• Minnesota Hospital Association "Road Map to a Comprehensive Falls Prevention Program"
• Obstetrics and Gynecology:  "Committee Opinion No. 555: Hospital Disaster Preparedness for Obstetricians and Facilities Providing Maternity Care"
• "Project Check" Checklist samples
• The Joint Commission: Proposed 2014 NPSG "Alarm Management" for Hospitals and Critical Access Hospitals
• The Joint Commission: Revised Restraint Requirement for Hospitals and Critical Access Hospitals January 2013
• The Society of Hospital Medicine: "Getting Ready to Go Home" - Discharge Safety Checklist for Patients/Family
• Washington State Agency Medical Directors Group "Interagency Guideline on Opioid Dosing for Chronic Non-cancer Pain"