Patient Safety Tools: Improving Safety at the Point of Care

Toolkit by Joint Commission National Patient Safety Goal

Improve Communication Among Caregivers (Goal 2)

• Improving Hospital Discharge Through Medication Reconciliation and Education
• Improving Medication Adherence
• Improving Patient Safety Through Enhanced Provider Communication
• A Simulation-Based Safety Curriculum in a Children's Hospital Emergency Department (ED)
• Testing the Re-engineered Hospital Discharge

Implement Standardized Approach To Handoffs (Goal 2E)

• Implementing Reduced Work Hours to Improve Patient Safety
• Improving Hospital Discharge Through Medication Reconciliation and Education
• Reducing Discrepancies in Medication Orders and Histories at Handoffs
• Testing the Re-engineered Hospital Discharge

Improve Medication Safety (Goal 3)

• The ED Pharmacist as a Safety Measure
• Improving Hospital Discharge Through Medication Reconciliation and Education
• Improving Medication Adherence
• Improving Medication Safety in Clinics for Patients 55 and Older
• Improving Warfarin Management
• Interactive Venous Thromboembolism Safety Toolkit for Providers and Patients
• Multidisciplinary Training for Medication Reconciliation
• Overcoming Barriers to Error Reporting in Small, Rural Hospitals
• Preventing Venous Thromboembolisms in the Hospital
• Testing the Re-engineered Hospital Discharge

Reduce the Likelihood of Patient Harm Associated with the Use of Anticoagulation Therapy (Goal 3E-2008)

• Improving Warfarin Management

Reduce Risk of Infections (Goal 7)

• Reducing Central Line Bloodstream Infections and Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia

Reconcile Medications (Goal 8)

• Improving Hospital Discharge Through Medication Reconciliation and Education
• Improving Medication Safety in Clinics for Patients 55 and Older
• Multidisciplinary Training for Medication Reconciliation

Medication Safety at Transfer or Discharge (Goal 8B)

• Improving Hospital Discharge Through Medication Reconciliation and Education
• Reducing Discrepancies in Medication Orders and Histories at Handoffs
• Testing the Re-engineered Hospital Discharge

Encourage Patients' Active Involvement in Their Care (Goal 13-2007)

• Improving Hospital Discharge Through Medication Reconciliation and Education
• Improving Medication Adherence
• Improving Medication Safety in Clinics for Patients 55 and Older
• Improving Warfarin Management
• Interactive Venous Thromboembolism Safety Toolkit for Providers and Patients
• Multidisciplinary Training for Medication Reconciliation
• Testing the Re-engineered Hospital Discharge
• Using Military Simulation to Improve Rural Obstetric Safety