The links below provide one-click access to all of the latest books, audioconferences, and other products on accreditation, patient safety, and quality topics from HCPro Inc.
Poor communication of critical test results is a leading cause of sentinel events. The JCAHO's National Patient Safety Goal #2 aims to improve reporting of critical test results. Many hospitals have implemented CTR systems, but continue to struggle with issues including definitions of critical test values, timely reporting of results, and hand-offs. This handy book and CD-ROM set provides expert guidance on these issues, and answers some of your toughest CTR questions in an informative and easy-to-navigate format.
The JCAHO Compliance Calculator was specifically created and field-tested by a hospital grappling with the challenges associated with preparing for JCAHO survey. It's a user-friendly, Microsoft Excel-based tool on CD-ROM, with step-by-step user's guide, that allows you to quickly and easily question staff on the JCAHO's standards and National Patient Safety Goals, conduct assessments to measure compliance with each CAMH chapter, perform ongoing JCAHO staff training, produce graphs and charts to demonstrate visually your compliance levels, measure and document your compliance levels over time, gain buy-in from key hospital leaders.
