Healthcare Safety Toolkit Library

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 guide features an overview of workers’ compensation and what steps you should take as the employer of an injured worker. It gives insight to the responsibilities of employers and our staff to successfully handle each claim.

This Ambulatory Surgery Center (ASC) Risk Management Plan Checklist is designed to support the development, implementation, and ongoing evaluation of a comprehensive risk management program within ASC settings.

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.

This form is required by the Office of Workers’ Compensation within 10 days of the incident. Similar to the Employee Interview Form, the FROI form documents the information of the employer, carrier, employee, occurrence and injury.

This form assists the employer in documenting vital information as it relates to the employee’s injury. With questions specific to the incident, the injury and the employee, this form was designed to help create a clear understanding of the employee’s claim.

The ED is typically a fast-paced, high-stress clinical environment with a wide range of conditions being treated among a variety of age groups at any given time. Resources in this category are designed to support risk reduction efforts related to unique ED department concerns.

The plan and design of the facility, along with patient surroundings, are make up the environmental of care. Checklists and assessments are provided in this section to assist an organization in maintaining safe inpatient and outpatient behavioral health settings.

Claims frequently occur involving those patients who are committed for psychiatric treatment. This section offers resources to mitigate risks leading to such claims.

This collection of tools provides descriptions of what antibiotic stewardship means and how to develop an effective program. Information is also provided on how antibiotic stewardship can be incorporated into performance improvement initiatives to improve patient outcomes and reimbursement.

Mental Health Resources inform patients, families and healthcare providers of accessible services related to mental health disorders, addictive disorders and substance abuse. Those listed below consist of national hotlines, self-assessments, advocacy services and regulatory authority.

Measurement of data is helpful in improving processes within an organization. These tools are helpful in providing some direction with the types of data that can be compiled and used for performance improvement with antibiotic usage.