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Texas Center for Quality
and Patient Safety
Patient Safety and
Quality Improvement:
The Essentials
Dennis Cook, MSN, RN, CPPS
Senior Director, Texas Center for Quality and & Patient Safety
Texas Hospital Association
Objective
The participant will be able to describe the
essential components of an effective
healthcare quality and patient safety
evaluation and improvement system.
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Patient Safety
Why is Patient Safety So Important?
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Patient Safety Movement
Institute for
Healthcare
Improvement
100K lives
Campaign
JCAHO
National
Patient Safety
Goals
“To Err
is Human”
IOM Report
National
Implementation of
TeamSTEPPS
TeamSTEPPS
DoD
MedTeams®
ED Study
1995
Patient Safety
and Quality
Improvement
Act of 2005
Executive
Memo from
President
1999
2001
2003
2004
2005
2006
Adoption by
Military Health
System from
2007-2011
2008
2011
IOM Report – 2001
What should be the foundation of
health care quality and patient
safety?
STEEEP
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Standardization of Hospital Quality
Measures
NPSGs Patient ID, Communication, Medication
Safety, Infection Prevention, Suicide Prevention, Correct
Surgery
HACs ADEs, CAUTI, CLABSI, Falls, OB injury,
Pressure Ulcers, SSI, VTE, VAP
Core Measures AMI, Pneumonia, HF, SCIP
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Process Improvement Strategies
PDCA
RCA
FMEA
Six Sigma
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Impact
Accreditation
Joint Commission
Det Norske Veritas (DNV)
Consumer Awareness
Leapfrog
Hospital Compare
Media
Financial Incentive
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Error Theory - Swiss Cheese Model
Distractions
Inadequate
Communication
Mixed
Messages
Inadequate
Technology
Event
Occurs
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Contributing Factors to Error
• Behavioral assessment process
• Physical assessment process
• Patient identification process
• Patient observation procedures
• Care planning process
• Continuum of care
• Staffing levels
• Orientation & training of staff
• Competency
assessment/credentialing
• Supervision of staff
• Communication with patient/family
• Communication among staff members
•Availabilityof information
•Adequacy of technological support
•Equipment maintenance and
management
•Physical environment
•Security systems and processes
•Medication management
•Human Factors
•Disruptive behavior
•Policy & procedure
•Process variation
•Documentation
•Leadership
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Communication Error??
“Please send me a patient
safety check by noon”
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Communication Error??
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Communication
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Root Cause Analysis (RCA)
 A structured retrospective process for identifying the
causal or contributing factors underlying adverse
events.
 RCA follows defined process for identifying specific
contributing factors rather than attributing the incident to
the first error one finds or to preconceived notions a
person might have about the event.
 The goal is to create an action plan for improvement
which will prevent the error or incident from occurring in
the future.
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Failure Mode Effect Analysis (FMEA)
 A prospective assessment that identifies and improves steps in a
process thereby reasonably ensuring a safe and clinically desirable
outcome.
 A systematic approach to identify and prevent product and process
problems before they occur.
 Allows us to identify ways in which a process, current or future,
could potentially break down or fail to perform its desired function
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The Value of Near Miss Reporting
Actual Event
Near Miss
Near Miss
Near Miss
Near Miss
Near Miss
Near Miss
Near Miss
Near Miss
The Mishap Diamond
The Mishap Pyramid
Case Study
Can you identify the failures?
Discussion:
Organizational Culture and Patient
Safety
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Serving Texas Hospitals/Health Systems
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