Patient Safety

Definition

100

To prevent harm to patients.

What is patient safety?

200

They defined patient safety as the prevention of harm to patients.

What is the Institute of Medicine?

300

a patient safety event  that reaches a patient and results in any of the following: – Death – Permanent harm – Severe temporary harm and intervention required to sustain lif

What is a sentinel event 

400

To minimize adverse events and eliminate preventable harm in healthcare.

What is the goal of patient safety?

500

AHRQ is the short form.

What is the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality?

Healthcare IT Acronyms

100

HIE

What is Health Information Exchange

200

 CPOE 

What is Computerized Physician Order Entry 

300

HIPAA

Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act

400

eCQM

What is Electronic Clinical Quality Measures 

500

BPA

What is a Best Practice Advisory

National Patient Safety Goals

100

NPSG 02.03.01

What is Get important test results to the right staff person on time

200

NPSG 01

What is Use at least two ways to identify patients 

300

This new national patient safety goal was a Joint Commission Standard and has a number that is also preceeded by the word sweet

What is NPSG 15

400

This NPSG is focused on reducing the risk of suicide 

What is NPSG 16

500

How many National patient Safety goals are there?

7

Laws/Acts in Healthcare

100

 law that requires hospitals to provide stabilization and treatment for anyone who comes to an emergency department, regardless of their insurance status or ability to pay

What is EMTALA 

200

This 2005 Act protects healthcare workers who report unsafe conditions at their practices. The law encourages individuals to report medical errors while maintaining patient confidentiality.

What is The Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Act of 2005 (PSQIA) 

300

This law mandates various health and safety standards for a range of workplaces and industries. Their protocols dictate optimized practices to ensure the health and safety of a workplace.

What is Occupational Health and Safety (OSHA) Act

400

This law prohibits medical providers from administering or receiving financial and other rewards from practices they refer to or receive a referral from

What is the Anti-Kickback Statute (AKS) and Stark Law

500

This comprehensive health care reform law enacted in March 2010 made healthcare more affordable for millions of Americans

What is the Affordable Care Act 

Fun Facts

100

When Coney Island Hospital First opened in 1908, it had this many beds

What is 100

200

the number of floors in the new Ruth Bader Ginsburg hospital 

What is 11

300

In this year Coney Island hospital started as a First Aid Station for Summer beach goers 

What is 1875

400

The Dutch settlers named the area we now call Coney Island after what animal 

What is a rabbit

500

Ruth Bader Ginsburg graduated first in her class from this law school

What is Columbia Law School