Hospitals that are accredited through the Joint Commission (JC) can choose to pursue specialty certifications in several areas: perinatal care, palliative care, total hip, and total knee replacement, and disease-specific care for example. Achieving certification in a specialty area demonstrates commitment and achievement of specific patient and quality parameters within a defined area. Certification programs …
Peer review is a mandatory process for all hospitals in the United States. It was developed to ensure that patients receive a consistent level of care and to promote standardization in practice. It involves retrospective chart reviews in which adherence to hospital guidelines and assessment of overall care is evaluated (Bader et al, 2021). Most …
Over the past century, medicine has become increasingly complex with the development of new technology, equipment, medications, and multiple specialties involved in care. This has led to a system that is often broken, with an increased risk of errors and the potential to cause patient harm. This concept was first highlighted in a landmark report …
In 2019 a multidisciplinary group was formed with the purpose of evaluating opportunities for improvement and implementing targeted strategies to reduce nulliparous, term, singleton, vertex (NTSV) cesarean deliveries. Key stakeholders were engaged from the beginning and included private and hospital-employed physicians, midwives, residents, nurses, and leadership. Following basic principles of quality improvement, a fishbone diagram …