From our December issue: Sonali Shambhu and colleagues at Elevance Health investigated the added healthcare utilization, cost, and mortality resulting from three common surgical site infections. Read it here: https://lnkd.in/gfieASb3
Journal on Quality and Patient Safety
Hospitals and Health Care
Oak Brook, IL 3,282 followers
Published monthly, JQPS is a peer-reviewed publication dedicated to providing information to health professionals.
About us
Published monthly, The Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety is a peer-reviewed publication dedicated to providing health professionals with the information they need to promote the quality and safety of health care. The Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety invites original manuscripts on the development, adaptation, and/or implementation of innovative thinking, strategies, and practices in improving quality and safety in health care. Case studies, program or project reports, reports of new methodologies or new applications of methodologies, research studies on the effectiveness of improvement interventions, and commentaries on issues and practices are all considered.
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From our December issue: Teena Nelson and colleagues at American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS) report on the development of the ABMS Multi-Specialty Portfolio Program, which established a systematic process for review and approval of health care organizations’ implementation of quality improvement and patient safety work and allows organizations to offer continuing certification credit for that work. Read it here: https://lnkd.in/g-Amzs7A
Engaging Physicians in Improvement Priorities Through the American Board of Medical Specialties Portfolio Program
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From our December issue: Myrna Serna and colleagues at Brigham and Women's Hospital used combined Epic's Readmission Risk Score with a one-question prognostic mortality screen (" Would you be surprised if the patient died in the next 12 months?") to identify hospitalized patients who would benefit from a serious illness conversation. Read it here: https://lnkd.in/grd5bAx5
Identification of Hospitalized Patients Who May Benefit from a Serious Illness Conversation Using the Readmission Risk Score Combined with the Surprise Question
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From our December issue: Jennifer Sloane and colleagues at Michael E. DeBakey Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Houston interviewed members of the Safer Dx Learning Lab, a partnership between a health system and a research team focused on diagnostic safety, to identify and learn from their successes and barriers. Read it here: https://lnkd.in/g8iSedHy
Partnership as a Pathway to Diagnostic Excellence: The Challenges and Successes of Implementing the Safer Dx Learning Lab
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From our December issue: Crystal Wright, MD, FASA and colleagues at MD Anderson Cancer Center studied the effects of COVID-19 on professionalism in the perioperative environment and performed interventions to mitigate negative changes to morale and turnover. Read it here: https://lnkd.in/gR8Vwis4 An accompanying editorial by Gerald Hickson stresses the importance of having a plan in place to preserve professionalism before a crisis occurs. https://lnkd.in/ga8M_vu6
Strategies to Mitigate the Pandemic Aftermath on Perioperative Professionalism
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The December 2024 issue of The Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety has published! This issue features articles on mitigating the effects of the pandemic on perioperative professionalism, identifying hospitalized patients who may benefit from a serious illness conversation, use of a large language model to label obstetric reports, and more! Browse the table of contents here: https://lnkd.in/dk4G_cZ2
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Continuing our celebration of JQPS's 50th anniversary this year, our November issue features a collection of our past articles on #DiagnosticExellence, available through the end of the month on our website: https://lnkd.in/geeTf82T
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From our November issue: Stephen Biederman and colleagues at VCU Health implemented an interdisciplinary QI project to standardize sepsis screening workflow across an academic health system. Read it here: https://lnkd.in/gFr872NT
Toward Standardization and High Reliability: Improved Sepsis Screening in Emergency Department Triage Across an Academic Health System
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Just published! Peter Pronovost MD, PhD, FCCM and colleagues at the Parkinson's Foundation offer five recommended hospital standards to prevent harm among patients with Parkinson's disease. Read the article here: https://lnkd.in/gCj8dsfa
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From our November issue: Peter Alarcon Manchego and colleagues at NYC Health + Hospitals used clinical decision support tools to reduce inappropriate phosphate repletion orders at a large safety-net health care system. Read it here: https://lnkd.in/dUCK5r3k
Using a Built-in Clinical Decision Support to Improve Phosphate Repletion Practice: A Quasi-Experimental Study
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