The Arkansas Department of Health, Office of Rural Health and Primary Care and Arkansas Foundation for Medical Care are committed to supporting Critical Access Hospitals in Arkansas. This website has been developed to provide information regarding patient safety with a focus on literature review, tools, and strategies specifically beneficial to the Critical Access Hospital.
September CEO CAH Quarterly Meeting Presentations
Press Release: Medicaid recognizes critical access hospitals
Nine hospitals meet Inpatient Quality Incentive requirements
AHRQ PSNET, a national Web-based resource featuring the latest news and essential resources on patient safety, introduces Patient Safety Primers designed to guide users through key concepts in patient safety. Go to: http://www.psnet.ahrq.gov/
Patient Safety & Quality Healthcare e-Newsletter for Nov/Dec 2008 http://www.psqh.com/current.html
Disclosing Medical Errors: Best Practices from the “Leading Edge” By Eve Shapiro
Bar codes aim to reduce surgical-sponge errors
Hospitals including Loyola University Medical Center near Chicago are using bar codes on sponges to help reduce the chance that a sponge will be left inside a patient following a surgical procedure. Nurses or doctors scan the sponges before and after use to track the total count. Chicago Sun-Times (12/6)
The November issue of the PSQH e-Newsletter is online and "in the mail." Included is the online-only feature: Hospital-Level Relationship between Safety Culture and Service Quality. Click here for the PSQH e-Newsletter
