Healthcare Safety Toolkit Library

An article from Center for Creative Leadership that 8 steps leaders can take to build greater psychological safety in the workplace.

The evolution and expansion of healthcare over the years has warranted the need for Boards to allot more time and attention to the oversight of quality. This framework, developed by IHI, provides a framework of board governance, an assessment tool for Boards to evaluate the current state of oversight of the quality process and supportive guidance toward improvement.

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This form should be provided to the treating physician at every visit to provide the employer with a current work status of the injured worker if they have been given restrictions from full duty employment.

This form should be provided to the treating physician at every visit to provide the employer with a current work status of the injured worker if they have been given restrictions from full duty employment.

This checklist is designed to serve as a practical tool to guide FQHC leadership, compliance officers, and risk managers through the key components of an effective Risk Management Plan.

Evaluating the current patient safety program is a good way to identify gaps between current practice and best practices. Below are multiple tools that can be used to evaluate the current state of patient safety in your organization against best practices.

Rounding is an effective patient safety and satisfaction tool, but it can be a daunting task to achieve. Provided in this section are tools to help develop rounding processes that provide meaningful information to inform patient care.

Communication breakdowns can be a root cause in many adverse events in healthcare. Therefore, developing processes to improve communication among staff is an important aspect of any patient safety program. Tools are provided in this section to help improve communication at critical transfers of patient care.

This section of the toolkit consists of many tools related to pain management safety covering standards, patient agreement forms, screenings, practices, safety interventions and oversedation risks related to post administration of opioid therapy.

The overdose of opioids can be fatal. The following attachments are provided to assess and treat patients at risk and prevent and reduce overdoses.

Due to the rise of opioid overdoses, it is vital to implement a plan to manage these circumstances. Strategies to prepare staff response, prevent overdose and attend to an overdose patient can be viewed below.