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Patient Safety

The Patient Safety Standing Committee  oversees the consensus based entity's portfolio of Patient Safety measures, including measures for the improper diagnosis of illness, appropriate radiation dosing, falls, pressure ulcers, etc.

Measures

Project

Measures

CBE ID Title Steward New / Maintenance Previous Endorsement Cycle Next Maintenance Cycle Endorsement Status
0373 Venouse Thromboembolism Patients with Antocoagulation Overlap Therapy The Joint Commission Maintenance Fall 2020 Endorsement Removed
0204 Skill mix (Registered Nurse [RN], Licensed Vocational/Practical Nurse [LVN/LPN], unlicensed assistive personnel [UAP], and contract) American Nurses Association Maintenance Spring 2019 Patient Safety Spring 2025 Endorsed
0022 Use of High-Risk Medications in the Elderly (DAE) National Committee for Quality Assurance Maintenance Fall 2020 Patient Safety Fall 2024 Endorsed
0205 Nursing Hours per Patient Day American Nurses Association Maintenance Spring 2019 Patient Safety Spring 2025 Endorsed
0450 Perioperative Pulmonary Embolism or Deep Vein Thrombosis Rate (PSI 12) Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Maintenance Spring 2020 Endorsement Removed
0206 Practice Environment Scale - Nursing Work Index (PES-NWI) (composite and five subscales) University of Pennsylvania, Center for Health Outcomes and Policy Research Maintenance Fall 2021 Endorsement Removed
0530 Mortality for Selected Conditions Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Maintenance Fall 2020 Endorsement Removed
0363 Retained Surgical Item or Unretrieved Device Fragment Count (PSI 05) Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Maintenance Fall 2017 Endorsement Removed
0531 Patient Safety Indicator (PSI) 90: Patient Safety and Adverse Events Composite Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Maintenance Fall 2020 Patient Safety Fall 2024 Endorsed
1893 Hospital 30-Day, all-cause, risk-standardized mortality rate (RSMR) following chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) hospitalization Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Maintenance Fall 2020 Fall 2024 Endorsed
Final Reports

Media

Final Reports

Report name Cycle
Spring 2023 Final Project Report (Patient Safety) Spring 2023
Patient Safety Fall 2022 Final Project Report Fall 2022
Events

Events

Upcoming Events

Events

Archived Events

Events

Materials

Materials

Materials

Material File Material Type Cycle
Fall-2022-Patient-Safety-Post-Comment-Memo-508.pdf Memo Fall 2022
Fall-2022-Patient-Safety-Post-Comment-Slides.pdf Presentation slides Fall 2022
Patient-Safety-Post-Comment-Meeting-Summary.pdf Meeting summary Fall 2022
3636-Staff-Assessment.pdf Staff Assessments Spring 2023
3687e-Staff-Assessment.pdf Staff Assessments Spring 2023
3728-Staff-Assessment.pdf Staff Assessments Spring 2023
3746-Staff-Assessment.pdf Staff Assessments Spring 2023
3749e-Staff-Assessment.pdf Staff Assessments Spring 2023
Patient-Safety-Meet-Slides-Spring-2023.pdf Presentation slides Spring 2023
Patient-Safety-Committee-Preevaluation-Comment-Brief.pdf Supplemental Materials Spring 2023