Houston Methodist Hospital
Hosts Patient Safety Fair
PATIENT SAFETY AWARENESS WEEK
is an annual education and awareness campaign for health care safety led by National Patient Safety Foundation. The goal is to create awareness in the health care organizations and in the community concerning every patient receiving safe health care. This year’s theme was “Navigate Your Health…Safely.” The theme highlights the need to provide patients with health care literacy to promote better communication between patients and their health care providers. One program featured that addressed this need was Ask Me 3®! This is a patient education program sponsored by the National Patient Safety Foundation. Research shows people who understand health instructions make fewer mistakes when they take their medicine or prepare for a medical procedure. The Patient Safety Department partners with other disciplines and housewide committees to showcase patient safety initiatives that have been recently implemented, upcoming changes
and best practices that warrant highlighting, e.g., Policy Tech, Care Navigators, Advanced Directives and White Belt projects. Patient Safety Net (PSN) trends and DNV non-conformities are triggers used to determine what topics should be showcased. The primary focus is to ensure the health care provider is better equipped to meet the safety challenges necessary to promote positive outcomes for our patients. In addition, we focused on providing information and resources to patients and their families to identify when medical care is needed, questions to ask related to their care and resources for care after discharge
By: Brenda Mays
by the table in the Outpatient Center (OPC). The OPC is where the greater opportunity was presented to interact with patients and families and provide patient information. The perioperative staff was offered CEUs for attending a presentation of Team STEPPS, led by Patient Safety Specialist Sandra Prevost, MSN, RN, CPPS. More than 100 perioperative staff attended the sessions.
This year, Patient Safety hosted an Open House on March 3, and more than 50 individuals stopped by to meet the Patient Safety Team and to receive information and snacks.
Jean Baker, RN, Manager MICU, was instrumental in reaching out to approximately 120 nursing staff on the night shift on various units with the Patient Safety cart. Handouts and popcorn were provided to staff. The Patient Safety and Accreditation Readiness teams also visited some units during the day shift promoting the fair and passing out handouts.
The Patient Safety Fair at Houston Methodist Hospital was highlighted March 5 and 6. More than 200 staff members visited the exhibits in the Rio Grande, and more than 100 staff stopped
From the Patient Safety Team at HMH, thanks to everyone who attended the fair, including the White Belt poster display in Crain Garden. We are available to assist you; dial 1-SAFE (1-7233).
NURSING DASHBOARD: A NEW WAY OF MEASURING QUALITY The new Nursing Dashboard will add a new dimension to how Nursing Leadership interfaces with its data. The goal of the dashboard is to provide needed unit statistics in a format that is concise and easy to understand. Keeping in line with the vision of the Nursing Operations team to utilize technology to improve operations and assist in the care of Houston Methodist patients. The Nursing Dashboard will compile data across multiple platforms and converge into one seamless application providing a dynamic twist to the static reports that are currently emailed daily. At a glance the user can see aggregated volumes pertaining to their unit, and can drill down to more detail when necessary. LEADERS IN NURSING 15