Healthcare Safety Toolkit Library

An article from PS Net, that discusses the scientific research surrounding zero harm and the barriers to achievement. The commentary includes a debate on the feasibility of zero harm as a goal.

A great document to educate Board members. This Sentinel Event Alert was originally published in 2017 but was revised and republished in 2021. It addresses the role of leadership in the culture of safety and provides steps that can be implemented to achieve leadership engagement.

Patient and family advisors are valuable partners in efforts to reduce medical errors and improve the safety and quality of health care. This handbook will assist you in using patients and family input to improve processes.

An article published by the American Hospital Association shows hospital improvements on key patient safety and quality measures since the COVID-19 pandemic.

A guide organizations can use to review the goal of each domain, specific attestations that are expected to me made for compliance and applicable resources to that can be used to help either determine compliance or develop processes to meet the attestations. The resources provided are both LHATF and national resources. Live links are included to access the resources.

This self-assessment tool is a companion to the Safer Together paper and the Implementation Resource Guide. The tool is separated into four foundational areas and is intended for healthcare delivery organizations to use for learning and to track progress over time.

Staff members should be aware of things that contribute to patient falls and how to implement fall prevention strategies. Resources in this section are recommended as staff educational materials to help prepare staff to help reduce patient fall rates.

These tools provide an analysis of current emergency preparedness plans. This analysis advises on how to evaluate and test procedures and implement improvements of identified hazards.

Tools and information that are helpful in developing processes to support clinical alarm management. Organizations that implement similar processes are displaying characteristics of highly reliable organizations in the area of clinical alarm management.

Conducting a risk assessment is a proactive way to identify opportunites in your cyber security program. This resource provides a step-by-step guide.

Learning how to protect your organization from cybersecurity attacks starts with understanding the risks within your organization. These resources provide information on risk reduction strategies to identify and address potential risks.

Implementing best practices in cybersecurity is important for healthcare organizations to have in place to reduce cybersecurity risks and potential attacks.