A new project by the Joint Commission Center for Transforming Healthcare shows that patient safety is better served when health care organizations have a safety culture that reinforces safety standards and supports internal processes to lessen medical errors. But many organizations, whether they are hospitals, long-term care centers, or a general physician\u2019s office, fall short of fully utilizing these principles.<\/p>\n
The center\u2019s \u201cSafety Culture Project\u201d shows that even though health care workers give themselves high grades on patient safety, more than 50 percent are afraid to report mistakes because they fear that they would be held against them. For patient safety to increase and medical malpractice claims to come down, this must improve. Currently, adverse events happen in a third of hospital admissions. Medication errors cause another 52 percent of adverse outcomes. <\/p>\n
The Joint Commission is concerned that serious injuries and fatalities could be on the rise due to a lack of (more…)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" A new project by the Joint Commission Center for Transforming Healthcare shows that patient safety is better served when health care organizations have a safety culture that reinforces safety standards and supports internal processes to lessen medical errors. But many…<\/span><\/p>\n