by Veritas AMC | Mar 10, 2025 | Project Elements
SBAR (Situation, Background, Assessment, Recommendation) is an instrument that complies with the Joint Commission’s National Patient Safety Goal 2 (effective January 1, 2006)1, requiring organizations to improve effectiveness of communication among caregivers. It...
by Veritas AMC | Mar 10, 2025 | Project Elements
As defined in the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality TeamSTEPPS Fundamentals Course, closed-looped communication is: …the process of acknowledging the receipt of information and clarifying with the sender that the intended information has been received. In...
by Veritas AMC | Mar 10, 2025 | Project Elements
The Health and Human Services (HHS) Healthy People 2030 Campaign recognizes that Social Determinants of Health (SDOH) have a major impact on quality of life.1 These domains encompass nonmedical factors that influence the health of individuals and their community....
by Veritas AMC | Mar 10, 2025 | Project Elements
The importance of Race, Ethnicity, and Language (REAL) Data is increasingly highlighted. With the predominance of the electronic health record and constant expansion of its uses, there is increasing potential to collect well-documented REAL data to inform work to...
by Veritas AMC | Mar 10, 2025 | Project Elements
Root cause analysis (RCA) is process used to learn how and why an error occurred. It is a retrospective, structured, resource-intensive, and systems-focused analysis of an event. This comprehensive event review modality is usually dedicated to driving improvements...
by Veritas AMC | Mar 10, 2025 | Project Elements
The Fishbone Diagram (also known as the Ishikawa diagram) is a cause-and-effect quality tool used for exploring potential causes of a particular outcome. The diagram can be used to guide quality improvement projects. It is best used to engage a team-based approach to...
