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Safety Scorecard
| Safety Scorecard |
System |
Hospital |
Unit |
| How often did we harm? (infections) |
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| How often do we do what we should? (JCAHO, ventilator bundle) |
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| How do we know we learned from mistakes? (sentinel events, near, misses, NQF never events) |
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% Need improvement in
Safety climate
Teamwork climate (SAQ) |
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Pronovost JAMA 2006
Notes:
This is our model to answer the tough question. Are we safer?
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