Industry Note:
Keep These Safety Goals In Mind In 2012
Published on Fri Feb 03, 2012
Preventing falls is one of the measures stressed in this year's National Patient Safety Goals for home health agencies from accrediting body the Joint Commission. The goals should look pretty familiar -- they are all repeats from 2011's list, the accreditor formerly known as JCAHO says on its website. The other home health NPSGs for 2012 include identifying patients correctly, using medicines safely, preventing infections, and identifying patient safety risks. More information is online at
www.jointcommission.org/standards_information/npsgs.aspx.