Toolkits
Healthcare Safety Toolkit Library
Browse our extensive toolkit library for helpful tips, tools and resources designed to make your job easier!
Our toolkits are your one-stop-shop for information pertinent to improving processes, identifying best practices, reducing risks, obtaining education information, and much more.
Have an idea or a specific need for a toolkit you don’t see listed here? Please contact Vice President of Patient Safety & Risk Stacie Jenkins at staciejenkins@lhatrustfunds.com to share your suggestion.
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Violence Prevention Toolkit View Full Toolkit
Violence in healthcare has escalated over the years and constitutes approximately 74% of workplace violence events reported by Bureau of Labor Statistics. It is imperative that organizational leaders develop plans to prevent violence and train staff to identify and de-escalate violent behaviors as well as respond appropriately when an event occurs. This toolkit contains many resources to help facilitate the development of comprehensive violence prevention programs within your organization. -
Maternal Health Toolkit View Full Toolkit
Maternal health encompasses the health of the pregnancy, childbirth and the postpartum period in women’s healthcare. Healthcare provider’s goals in maternal care are to reduce morbidity and mortality by providing safe, quality services to the mother and her baby. This objective can be accomplished by identifying risks, educating patients and following recommended guidelines of evidence-based practice. This toolkit supplies resources to benefit in the improvement of maternal health.
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NAMSS National Association of Medical Staff Services
This website works with experts to share education, advocacy, and patient safety for medical staff services. View the tabs for the many resources available @ NAMSS.
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NAMI-National Alliance on Mental Illness
The National Alliance on Mental Illness is a national health organization that works to improve mentally ill patients' lives. Knowledge is available on support, education, advocacy, and news.
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National Database of Nursing Quality Indicators NDNQI
NDNQI is a national database that measures nursing quality. This forum provides nursing indicators related to structure, process, and outcomes and core measures and hospital, compare data.
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Mayo Clinic
Browse the Mayo Clinic information for patient care, health information, research, guidance for medical professions, and a focus on Covid-19.
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The Leapfrog Group
The Leapfrog Group reports data and ratings publicly to improve patient safety quality and transparency. These programs include hospitals and ambulatory surgery surveys, safety grade, and value-based purchasing programs. View the website for current news.
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Johns Hopkins University
JHU is a teaching and research university that shares knowledge and discoveries to improve healthcare for all. Visit their network to explore the resources of the programs available.
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Improving Quality Performance Measures
Performance improvement can strengthen an organization's strategies. These processes determine areas in need of improvement, reconstruct and improve processes to provide safe, high-quality care. Improving Quality Performance Measures supplies tools to assist with improvement projects identified in the organization.View Full Topic -
Quality Improvement Programs
To provide safe, quality care, an organization requires a plan to improve processes continuously. Quality Improvement Programs originate from a team managed by leadership implementing various strategies to achieve success. Staff involved in these details realize the effects these processes bear on a facility. Below is a collection of tools that can benefit personnel to enhance practices consistently.View Full Topic -
Safe Patient Handling Programs
Work-related dangers faced by healthcare providers are real and occur frequently. Having a safe patient handling program in place can enhance patient care and safety and reduce the risk of employee injuries. These resources provide a focus on the key points in healthcare safe patient handling programs.View Full Topic -
Surgical Site Infection Prevention Process Improvement Tools
Here is a list of surgical site infection prevention tools to improve processes. A training module, along with checklists, promotes a safe surgical area and reduces the risk of spread of infection within this department.View Full Topic -
Surgical Site Infection Best Practices for Prevention
These resources intend to reduce SSI by providing evidence-based interventions and guidance to prevent and control infections. This information shares processes and strategies to improve communication, answer questions and educate staff and patients. The goal is to decrease risks and increase care quality by addressing essential components and primary surgery factors.View Full Topic -
Patient & Employee Safety Tools
It is essential to have up-to-date policies, procedures and forms to support your safe patient handling program. This section contains resources that focus on patient and employee safety.View Full Topic
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