Sustainment Guide for Reducing Harm Associated with Patient Falls

This Falls Sustainment Guide supports the 2012 - 2013 Military Health System (MHS) Partnership for Patients initiative to improve the quality and safety of health care in all Department of Defense (DoD) Medical Treatment Facilities (MTF). The purpose of this Falls Sustainment Guide is to provide the tools and resources to ensure a reduction in falls and harm from falls at your Military Treatment facility (MTF).

Army MEDCOM Regulation 40-59: Standardization of Inpatient Falls Risk Assessment and Documentation Falls Prevention Program

This regulation directs standardized implementation of endorsed evidence-based falls risk assessment tools: the Johns Hopkins Hospital Fall Risk Assessment© (adult) and the Miami Children’s Hospital’s Humpty Dumpty Scale© (pediatric). In addition, this regulation requires incorporation of falls assessment documentation into the inpatient (Essentris) electronic medical record (EMR).

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• Date: 3/10/2014
• Type: Directives
• Topics: Access, Cost, Quality, and Safety, Patient Safety, Patient Safety

Implementation Guide for Readmissions

The Readmissions Implementation Guide is one of 10 harm-specific guides designed to assist you as you implement identified evidence-based practices to improve patient care.

Implementation Guide for Falls

The Falls Implementation Guide was created to support the Partnership for Patients, a national initiative sponsored by the Department of Health and Human Services to reduce harm in health care facilities.

Army MEDCOM Regulation 40-48: Fires Associated with the Performance of Surgical Procedures

The purpose of this regulation is to provide policy and recommendations that will help ensure minimal risk of fires associated with the performance of surgical procedures in any healthcare setting to include, but not limited to, the following: operating room (OR), office-based, ambulatory surgery, and intensive care unit type.

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• Date: 1/31/2014
• Type: Federal Regulations
• Topics: Access, Cost, Quality, and Safety, Patient Safety, Patient Safety

Sustainment Guide for Adverse Drug Events

The lessons learned through the Military Health System (MHS) Adverse Drug Event (ADE) implementation process have led to the development of an improved Sustainment Guide. This sustainment guide includes the elimination of monitoring the therapeutic class of Sedatives, implementing processes to improve the integrity of data, clarification of definitions, and tracking data metrics to include clinically significant, preventable, and measurable harm associated with adverse drug events.

Implementation Guide for Ventilator Associated Pneumonia and Ventilator Associated Events

The Ventilator Associated Pneumonia and Ventilator Associated Events (VAP) Implementation Guide is one of 10 harm-specific guides designed to assist you as you implement identified evidence-based practices to improve patient care.

Culture of Safety in Navy Medicine

This memorandum encourages commands to create "safe zones" around the patient experience where any staff member can speak up and patient safety comes first.

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• Date: 1/3/2014
• Type: Memorandums
• Topics: Access, Cost, Quality, and Safety, Patient Safety, Patient Safety

Implementation Guide for Obstetrical Adverse Events

The Obstetrical Adverse Events Implementation Guide is one of 10 harm-specific guides designed to assist you as you implement identified evidence-based practices to improve patient care.

Army MEDCOM Regulation 40-41: Medical Service – The Patient Safety Program

This regulation outlines the activities of the Army Medical Department (AMEDD) Patient Safety Program (PSP) to identify and centrally report actual and potential events in medical/dental systems and processes and to improve patient safety and healthcare quality throughout the AMEDD.

• Identification #: N/A
• Date: 5/8/2013
• Type: Federal Regulations
• Topics: Access, Cost, Quality, and Safety, Patient Safety, Patient Safety, Quality of Care

Implementation Guide for Central Line Associated Blood Stream Infection

The Central Line Associated Blood Stream Infection (CLABSI) Implementation Guide was created to support the Partnership for Patients, a national initiative sponsored by the Department of Health and Human Services to reduce harm in health care facilities.

Implementation Guide for Adverse Drug Events

This guide is one of 10 harm-specific guides designed to assist you as you implement identified evidence-based practices to improve patient care.

Implementation Guide for Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infection

The Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infection CAUTI) Implementation Guide was created to support the Partnership for Patients, a national initiative sponsored by the Department of Health and Human Services to reduce harm in health care facilities.

Implementation Guide for Pressure Ulcers

The Pressure Ulcers Implementation Guide is one of 10 harm-specific guides designed to assist you as you implement identified evidence-based practices to improve patient care.

Implementation Guide for Surgical Site Infections

The Surgical Site Infections Implementation Guide is one of 10 harm-specific guides designed to assist you as you implement identified evidence-based practices to improve patient care.