Patient Safety. When asked or told to work mandatory overtime, nurses who refuse to work mandatory overtime by expressing a concern for patient safety cannot be forced to work mandatory overtime, nor can the nurses be disciplined for refusing to work mandatory overtime if they express a concern for patient safety.
Patient Safety. Improving the quality of care delivered to members and patients requires significantly increasing the reporting of actual errors and “near misses.” It is recognized that the reporting of such errors can only improve if employees are assured that punitive discipline is not seen as the appropriate choice to handle most errors. We must jointly create a learning environment which views errors as an opportunity for continued, systematic improvement. This environment must encourage all employees to openly report errors or near misses and participate in analyzing the reason for the error and the determination of the resolution and corrective action needed to prevent reoccurrence. The reporting system will include the following components: » reporting of errors, with systematic, standardized analysis of errors and near misses; » communication of learning to help make needed policy and procedure changes; » confidentiality of involved employees unless prohibited by statute or law; » involvement of staff in error analysis and/or resolution; » positive reinforcement for reporting; » training and education programs that enhance skills and competency to help prevent future errors; » maintenance of the integrity of privileged information; and » ability to collect and trend data across the organization. Information regarding errors reported through this system will be handled through the Issue Resolution/Corrective Action process of this Agreement and will not be used as the basis for discipline except in rare cases when punitive discipline is indicated, such as the employee: » was under the influence of drugs or alcohol; » deliberately violated rules or regulations; » specifically intended to cause harm; or » engaged in particularly egregious negligence. Reporting through this system does not relieve the employee of the responsibility to complete an incident report when indicated by policy.
Patient Safety. The Resident agrees to perform the duties and obligations of a Resident to the best of his/her ability, provide clinical services commensurate with his/her level of advancement and responsibilities, carry out assigned patient care in a safe, compassionate and effective manner and to protect and promote the health and safety of patients at the Hospital.
Patient Safety. The Carrier shall implement a patient safety improvement program. At a minimum, the Carrier shall --
Patient Safety. 1. It is my duty to respond to patient needs that supersede self-interest. I recognize that under certain circumstances, the best interests of the patient may be served by transitioning that patient’s care to another qualified and rested provider.
Patient Safety. An act or omission of Provider or any Practice Provider giving rise to imminent danger to a patient or the public health, safety, and welfare.
Patient Safety a. Creating a
Patient Safety. NHS England, ABPI and BGMA commit to working together to improve patient safety by: • Improving collection of relevant NHS data such as medication errors and collaborate to determine best use of the data to improve NHS patient safety and medicines optimisation. • Investigating developments in new technology such as eHealth/informatics and point of dispensing scanning where undertaken to improve NHS patient safety. • Supporting and communicating the aims and objectives of the UK Antimicrobial Resistance Strategy. • Improving understanding within the NHS implications of European pharmacovigilance legislation. • Considering how patients can best receive the right information so that they can take informed decisions about their medicines consumption.
Patient Safety. Are enrollees managing their medications? What are the fall rates and how are they changing over time?
Patient Safety. (a) Employees will not be reassigned from their home unit if it would create a staff shortage in the home unit, except in cases where patient care requires it. All efforts will be made to fill unit vacancies with staff that possess the competencies and skill set for that unit before reassignment of staff who would require a modified assignment. Per- Diem and employees working additional shifts will not be automatically cancelled to fulfill staffing hours of employees from other units. In this case, the overstaffed unit will reduce their staffing by use of the rotational time off process. When it is necessary to reassign RNs to another unit to meet patient care needs, RNs will only be reassigned to partner units unless all other efforts to fill the vacancy have been exhausted. When RNs are reassigned who do not possess the competencies for that unit, a modified assignment will be made per the then-applicable Reassignment Guidelines.
