Darlene previously served as the Senior Manager of Clinical Operations, Quality, Safety, and Performance Improvement with Quorum Health Resources. She has also helped lead organizations through projects in areas such as operational effectiveness, infrastructure, staffing and productivity, fiscal stewardship, leadership development, and care delivery. With her expertise in Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Joint Commission, and Healthcare Facilities Accreditation Program standards and her commitment to education and collaboration, Darlene has a proven track record of helping clients identify opportunities for improvement and achieve sustainable, long-term results. Recall that CMS has a final worksheet on QAPI that includes a section on patient safety, adverse events, and medical errors.ĭarlene Evans is a healthcare quality leader with more than 25 years of experience, specializing in clinical and regulatory operations management, accreditation readiness and response, staff training, and business development.Describe the Joint Commission sentinel event policy.Discuss TJC patient safety system chapter’s aim to help hospitals improve quality of care and patient safety.The CMS hospital QAPI worksheet that discusses patient safety, adverse events, and medical errors will also be addressed in this webinar. The patient safety system chapter and the sentinel event policy are designed to be used together. The chapter also provides the direct link and framework between the accreditation standards and patient safety. Though the chapter does not include new requirements, it does describe how current standards can be used to improve patient safety. The patient safety system chapter informs and educates hospitals about the importance of an integrated patient safety system. TJC’s patient safety system chapter will also be reviewed. This program will show how hospitals can ensure compliance with the Joint Commission (TJC) sentinel event policy changes. Registration fees: $175 per NDHA member | $225 per non-member Date: 5/12/22 9:00 AM – Noon Central time
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