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Congrats Spring 2024 WPSC Speak UP! Award Winners! |
The winners of the Spring 2024 WPSC Speak UP! Awards are Ryan Boyd, MRI Technician at Multicare Healthcare System- Covington. Ryan’s insistence on stopping an imaging procedure prevented a patient from incurring permanent harm. And Bethelhem Semere, RN at Kindred Hospital. Bethelhem’s attention to detail and persistence prevented a very serious event due to the unidentified incomplete removal of a Nasogastric tube.
The following finalists are commended for their commitment to fostering a culture of safety that prevents harm: - Jenny Phillips, Respiratory Therapist, Multicare Healthcare System - Valley Hospital
- Katie Mertens, Surgical Technologist, UW Medicine - Valley Medical Center
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Michael Peden, Respiratory Therapist, MultiCare HealthCare System - Tacoma General Hospital
- Rae Gordon, Core Lab Technician Assistant, Multicare Healthcare System - Good Samaritan Hospital
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Shana Thach, Nutrition Assistant, MultiCare HealthCare System - Tacoma General Hospital
All will be attending the 21st Annual NW Patient Safety Conference in October as guests of the WPSC!
The Speak-UP! award is a statewide recognition program that acknowledges the efforts of individuals and teams at Washington healthcare organizations who demonstrate a commitment to keeping patients and staff safe by speaking up and voicing their concerns to promote health care safety. More information on the WPSC Speak-Up! Award may be found on the WPSC website.
We encourage healthcare staff to nominate colleagues, or even themselves. The next round of nominations is due December 31st, 2024.
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WPSC Conference Registration is Open and the Program Is Fantastic!
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This year’s conference faculty is finalized. Going along with the theme of “Safe Patient Care: It Takes All of Us” we have a great line up of presentations that focus on focus on what patients and providers can do together to improve safety, quality, and outcomes. We will cover best practices for acute and long-term care from the U.S. and Canada. If you feel there is nothing new to hear or do about patient safety, you’ll want to attend. Please check out the conference website for speaker and presentation descriptions. CE’s will be available as well as nursing contact hours. Registration is open discounts are available for CPHQ, CPPS, CPHRM, and BCPA professional certifications.
WHO SHOULD ATTEND: - Patient safety practitioners, risk managers, quality leaders, and healthcare executives.
- Clinical program leaders and frontline clinicians from across the spectrum of care.
- Claims representatives and insurance professionals.
- Patient advocates and patient experience officers, patient and family advisory council members.
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Graduate and undergraduate health professions students. FREE ATTENDENCE!
- Interested patients, family members of patients, and community members. FREE ATTENDENCE!
Registration questions? Contact wpsc@qualityhealth.org
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| Don't be Shy, Sponsor the Conference! |
We are pleased to invite interested sponsors to support the WPSC’s 21st annual Northwest Patient Safety Conference. This annual event brings together healthcare leaders, advocates, and patients concerned with the critical topic of patient safety. This year’s virtual conference is ½ days on October 15 & 16 and continues a fantastic Pacific NW partnership with the Oregon Patient Safety Commission and the Health Quality BC. The virtual format and regional approach registered over 500 in 2023 and attracted an incredible lineup of speakers!
Sponsorship information is available here. |
Thank you to WSHA and HQBC and WNSA! |
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New in CRP: CMS’s Patient Safety Structural Measure Provides Hospitals with a Financial Incentive to Attest to Patient Safety Measures |
Exciting news on the federal level! Earlier this month, the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) published the Patient Safety Structural Measure (PSSM) which will start in CMS’s reporting period for calendar year 2025. With this measure, covered hospitals can attest to how its organizational structure and culture prioritizes patient safety across five domains. These five domains are: -
Leadership and commitment to eliminating preventable harm
- Strategic planning and organizational policy
- Culture of safety and learning health systems
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Accountability and transparency
- Patient and family engagement
Included within Domain 4: Accountability and Transparency is an attestation of the organization’s use and implementation of Communication and Resolution Programs (CRP) after an adverse medical event. This pay-for-reporting incentive will grant organizations who attest “yes” to the domains, under the Hospital Inpatient Quality Reporting Program, to receive a financial incentive that will be reflected in fiscal year 2027’s payment determination.
To prepare to attest “yes” affirming that your organization has successfully implemented and operationalized the CRP model, use FHCQ’s free CRP support services to receive feedback on your use of the CRP process from experts. By submitting a CRP event to FHCQ’s CRP Review Panel you gain guidance from a group of patient advocates, risk managers, physicians, and attorneys who are passionate about patient safety and quality improvement. All conversations and documents submitted to the CRP Review Panel is protected under RCW 43.70.510.
More information on FHCQ’s CRP services can be found at qualityhealth.org/crp and you can learn more about the PSSM by reading the final document starting on page 1255: https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-17021.pdf#page=1255.
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| Listen to the latest episode of the New Wave of Healthcare Podcast: CRP & the Patient Experience |
In this episode hosted by FHCQ’s CRP Manager, learn more about what the CRP process entails and the steps a patient or their loved one can take if they believe that something has gone wrong with the care they received. You can listen to this episode on Spotify or on the WPSC website: https://www.qualityhealth.org/wpsc/other-resources/podcast/.
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