DoD Patient Safety Program eBulletin - January/February 2018 [HTML]

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The Department of Defense Patient Safety Program eBulletin delivers patient safety updates, news, useful tips and resources to help you deliver the highest quality of care to your patients. This month, meet the Quality and Patient Safety award winners, learn more about the MHS dental community and read how the Air Force is approaching high reliability transformation!

Contents

Announcements/Reminders

Feature: Meet the 2017 Quality and Patient Safety Winners

Patient Safety in Action: MHS Dental Community Drills Down for Patient Safety Standards

HRO Corner: Air Force Medical Service Takes Off with Trusted Care

DoD PSP Treasure Chest: January/February Edition

MHS Patient Safety Data Snapshot

MHS Patient Safety Spotlight

Upcoming Events

Announcements/Reminders
  • In January, the Military Health System’s theme is New Year, New You. Learn more about this theme.
  • Curious about how the Advancement toward High Reliability in Healthcare Award winners are advancing the MHS toward a high reliability organization? Join the three-part webinar series this month to hear from seven winners. See our Calendar of Events for details.
  • In case you missed it, TeamSTEPPS training is now being offered by the American Hospital Association. Stay tuned about upcoming webinars on our Calendar of Events.
  • Patient Safety Awareness Week is coming! Join us March 11-17, 2018. Please subscribe and follow us on Facebook to stay tuned for more information.
  • The next eBulletin will publish in March 2018.
  • Do you have questions about the Continuing Education process? We can help! E-mail us.
  • Do you have an update from your facility? We’re always looking for good news stories and would love to hear from you! Let us know via e-mail or Facebook.

Feature: Meet the 2017 Quality and Patient Safety Winners

Nine military treatment facilities received the 2017 Advancement toward High Reliability in Healthcare Award for their Healthcare Quality and Safety initiatives. Read more 

 

Patient Safety in Action: MHS Dental Community Drills Down for Patient Safety Standards

Representatives from the Army, Navy, Air Force and National Capital Region are working to standardize dental patient safety across the Military Health System. Read more

 

HRO Corner: Air Force Medical Service Takes Off with Trusted Care

The Air Force Medical Service is using traditional in-person training, virtual mentoring, modern technology and social media to standardize high reliability across the service. Read more

 

DoD PSP Treasure Chest: January/February EditionDoD PSP Treasure Chest

Welcome to the January/February edition of the DoD PSP Treasure Chest! Each issue, we share resources to help you execute your day-to-day patient safety activities easily and effectively. Please visit us often and get access to tools and information developed for our committed MHS patient safety champions! Read more

 

 

MHS Patient Safety Data Snapshot

MHS Patient Safety Data SnapshotThe MHS Patient Safety Data Snapshot is a monthly compilation of two types of patient safety data:
1) Sentinel Event notifications submitted to the Patient Safety Analysis Center; and
2) Anonymous, voluntarily reported patient safety events via the web-based incident reporting system known as JPSR.

This publication provides an MHS enterprise-level snapshot of trends in SEs and JPSR events so that providers and health care administrators can help identify areas for patient safety improvement in their facility and throughout the MHS.

Visit the Patient Safety Learning Center* to access the latest MHS Patient Safety Data Snapshot, available on the 15th of every month.

*Please visit the Patient Safety Analysis Center page to access and download this publication. 

 

MHS Patient Safety Spotlight

MHS Patient Safety Spotlight

The MHS Patient Safety Spotlight is a resource designed to highlight best practices and interesting initiatives that come from the field and are worthy of being shared across the enterprise. This resource features data-driven examples of improvement and case studies that tackle specific problems with specific solutions.

Visit the Patient Safety Learning Center* to access the latest MHS Patient Safety Spotlight, available on the 15th of every month.

*Please visit the Patient Safety Analysis Center page to access and download this publication.

 

Upcoming Events

Patient Safety Learning Circles:

In-person or web-based forums focused on a specific topic


TeamSTEPPS® Webinar – American Hospital Association (AHA)

Please check our Calendar of Events for updates on this webinar.


The Joint Commission

There are multiple opportunities to attend accreditation and certification webinars offered by The Joint Commission.

Learn more


2017 Advancement Toward High Reliability in Healthcare Awards: Session 1 of 3 – DoD Patient Safety Program

Jan. 9, 2018 from 1-2 p.m. EST

Learn more


2017 Advancement Toward High Reliability in Healthcare Awards: Session 2 of 3 – DoD Patient Safety Program

Jan. 11, 2018 from 1-2 p.m. EST

Learn more


Opioid Crisis: Changing Habits and Improving Pain Management – Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI)

Jan. 11, 2018 from 2-3 p.m. EST

Learn more


2017 Advancement Toward High Reliability in Healthcare Awards: Session 3 of 3 – DoD Patient Safety Program

Jan. 16, 2018 from 1-2:30 p.m. EST

Learn more


Introducing ISMP’s New Targeted Best Practices for 2018-2019 – Institute for Safe Medication Practices (ISMP)

Jan. 18, 2018 from 1:30-3 p.m. EST

Learn more


MHS Transparency: Prepare Your MTF for Hospital Compare – ECRI Institute

Jan. 25, 2018 from 1-2 p.m. EST

For more information on registering for this webinar, please e-mail TQMC@ECRI.org or call (610) 825-6000, ext. 5800.


What’s in a Name? Health Care’s “Chief Quality Officer” – Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI)

Jan. 25, 2018 from 2-3 p.m. EST

Learn more