The Department of Defense Patient Safety Program eBulletin delivers patient safety updates, news, useful tips and resources to help you deliver the highest quality of care to your patients. This month, preview the Patient Safety Awareness activities and events, learn about one military treatment facility’s leading practices to improve their culture of safety, and learn how the National Capital Region is contributing to the high reliability transformation.
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- In March, the Military Health System’s theme is National Brain Injury Awareness Month. Learn more about this theme.
- Patient Safety Awareness Week is almost here! Join us March 11-17, 2018. Please visit our PSAW web page for more information.
- National Doctor’s Day, National Healthcare Decisions Day and Medical Lab Professionals Week are among other awareness celebrations that are coming up. Follow the PSP Facebook pagefor related content.
- The Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) and the National Patient Safety Foundation (NPSF) Patient Safety Congress is May 23-25 in Boston. Learn more.
- The next eBulletin will publish in May 2018.
- Do you have questions about the Continuing Education process? We can help! E-mail us.
- Do you have an update from your facility? We’re always looking for good news stories and would love to hear from you! If you’d like to share an update, please contact us via e-mail or Facebook and one of our team members will contact you.
Feature: Patient Safety Awareness Week 2018
Many events and activities happening during 2018 Patient Safety Awareness Week for both health care professionals and patients to engage and learn more about patient safety. Read more
Patient Safety in Action: Fort Belvoir Community Hospital Customizes Leading Practices to Advance Quality and Safety of Care
Fort Belvoir Community Hospital staff have customized leading practices for improving a culture of safety and made them their own. Read more
HRO Corner: A Tri-Service Market Approach to Advancing Quality and High Reliability
The National Capital Region military treatment facilities across all three services collaborate on quality improvement programs that help advance the Military Health System toward high reliability. Read more
DoD PSP Treasure Chest: March/April Edition
Welcome to the March/April edition of the DoD PSP Treasure Chest! Each issue, we share resources to help you execute your day-to-day patient safety activities easily and effectively. Please visit us often and get access to tools and information developed for our committed MHS patient safety champions! Read more
MHS Patient Safety Data Snapshot
The MHS Patient Safety Data Snapshot is a monthly compilation of two types of patient safety data:1) Sentinel Event notifications submitted to the Patient Safety Analysis Center; and
2) Anonymous, voluntarily reported patient safety events via the web-based incident reporting system known as JPSR.
This publication provides an MHS enterprise-level snapshot of trends in SEs and JPSR events so that providers and health care administrators can help identify areas for patient safety improvement in their facility and throughout the MHS.
Visit the Patient Safety Learning Center* to access the latest MHS Patient Safety Data Snapshot, available on the 15th of every month.
*Please visit the Patient Safety Analysis Center page to access and download this publication.
MHS Patient Safety Spotlight
The MHS Patient Safety Spotlight is a resource designed to highlight best practices and interesting initiatives that come from the field and are worthy of being shared across the enterprise. This resource features data-driven examples of improvement and case studies that tackle specific problems with specific solutions.
Visit the Patient Safety Learning Center* to access the latest MHS Patient Safety Spotlight, available on the 15th of every month.
*Please visit the Patient Safety Analysis Center page to access and download this publication.
Patient Safety Learning Circles:
In-person or web-based forums focused on a specific topic
TeamSTEPPS® Webinar – American Hospital Association (AHA)
Please check our Calendar of Events for updates on this webinar.
The Joint Commission
There are multiple opportunities to attend accreditation and certification webinars offered by The Joint Commission.
Mindfulness and Patient Safety – Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI)
March 8, 2018 from 2-3 p.m. EST
| PSAW Learning Opportunities |
 Learn more Joint VA/DoD PSAW Webinar Series: Army SessionMarch 13, 2018 from 10-11 a.m. EDT “Root Cause Analysis Event Support and Engagement Team (RESET)” Navy Session March 13, 2018 from 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. EDT “CUSP Implementation” Air Force SessionMarch 13, 2018 from 1-2 p.m. EDT “Incorporation of Human Factors into Safety Event Investigation” National Capital Region SessionMarch 13, 2018 from 2:30-3:30 p.m. EDT “iPass at Walter Reed and Eisenberg Award for Patient Safety” “Leaders at Every Level” To learn about the VA sessions and register for any VA or DoD session, please click here. The Patient Safety Champion’s Toolbox – DoD Patient Safety ProgramMarch 14, 2018 from 2-3 p.m. EDT Learn more and register here. |
Social Media in Healthcare: Lessons for the Digital World #KnowRisks #FindOpportunities – ECRI Institute
March 22, 2018 from 1-2 p.m. EDT
For more information on registering for this webinar, please e-mail TQMC@ECRI.org or call (610) 825-6000, ext. 5800.
Mobility Matters for Age-Friendly Care – Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI)
March 22, 2018 from 2-3 p.m. EDT
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