National Patient Safety Goals

The Joint Commission Website http //www.jointcommission.org. National Patient Safety Goals document. 

The JCAHO annually publishes six national patient safety goals and surveys the accredited organizations related to them. The initial six goals include several medication-related safety improvements ... 

Joint commission announces national patient safety goals, July 24,2002. Available at www.jcaho.org, accessed August 5, 2002. 

Improved compliance with Joint Commission National Patient Safety Goals 50%... 

National Patient Safety Goals, The Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO), 1 Renaissance Blvd., Oakbrook, Terrace, Illinois, 2007. Also available online at http //www.jointcommission.org/ patientsafety/Nationalpatientsafety goals/07 npsg facts.htm. 

Saufl, N. M., 2007 National Patient Safety Goals, Journal ofPeriAnesthesia Nursing, Vol. 22, No. 2,2007,pp. 125-127. 

The 2006 Joint Commission National Patient Safety Goal 2E requires aU healthcare providers to implement a standardized approach to handoff communications including an opportunity to ask and respond to question. The Joint Commission National Patient Safety Goal also contains specific guidelines for the handoff process ... 

The goal is not to eradicate all risk but rather to make it transparent and learn from it, mitigate it, in order to prevent harm in the delivery of care. As National Patient Safety Foundation leaders state, Fimdamental misimderstandings about... 

To Err Is Human contains a four-part plan for decreasing the number of medical errors, and each part has implications for the pharmacy profession. To provide leadership and a research focus for patient safety. Part one recommends the creation of a center for patient safety within the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ). Pharmacy organizations and pharmacists have the opportunity to contribute by including the study of medical errors in their applied research agendas. Using their expertise, pharmacists can provide input to the national goals, their content, and professional responsibilities for medicahon safety. ... 

This patient safety organization was launched by WHO in October 2004, with its goal to develop standards for patient safety and provide appropriate assistance to United Nations (UN) member states to improve health care safety [4]. The WAPS raises awareness and political commitment to improve safety in addition to facilitating the development of patient safety policies and practices in all WHO member states. Each year, WAPS delivers a number of programs around fhe globe that cover systemic and technical aspects to improve patient safety. 

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