conclusion the use of ahp method can be promising for fostering the evaluation method and subsequently promotion of the efficiency and effectiveness of the radiology departments. the present model can fill in the gap in the accreditation system of the country’s hospitals in respect with ranking and comparing them considering the significance and value of each individual criteria and standard. a...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate whether accredited hospitals maintain quality and patient safety standards over the accreditation cycle by testing a life cycle explanation of accreditation on quality measures. Four distinct phases of the accreditation life cycle were defined based on the Joint Commission International process. Predictions concerning the time series trend of compliance during each phase w...

Medical errors do not necessarily represent negligence. Even when a mental health professional deviates from the standard of care, minor injury to a patient is unlikely to result in a lawsuit. The standard of care is not the same as the quality of care. Quality of care refers to the total care a patient receives, the patient's health care decisions, and the available mental health services. As ...

1 Early action advisable to prepare for new alarm safety standards Walk into any patient care unit—whether preoperative, intraoperative, or postoperative—and you will hear numerous alarm signals. Some are signaling a medical necessity, but many are false alarm noises that do not require action. Health care workers can hear several hundred alarm signals per patient per day, which may cause alarm...

Professional standards of laboratory practice are partially derived from regulatory and accreditation standards of the federal government as well as those of non-government organizations and professional societies. These standards are monitored by on-site inspection and encompass personnel standards, patient test management requirements, quality control and assurance standards and proficiency t...

BACKGROUND/AIM The present study aimed to assess the VAP rate and to identify VAP prevention activities in public sector hospitals situated in the Makkah Region, Saudi Arabia (SA). MATERIALS AND METHODS In this cross-sectional study, the VAP data from 13 public sector hospitals were collected from January to December 2013 and analyzed using SPSS 16. RESULTS The overall VAP rate in Makkah Re...

Introduction Medication errors stem from a variety of causes, including miscommunication between prescribers and pharmacists in the form of misunderstood and/or illegible abbreviations. The potential hazards of certain abbreviations started receiving heightened attention approximately twenty years ago. Most notably, as one of its National Patient Safety Goals, the then named Joint Commission on...

Introduction: According to the International Society for Quality in Healthcare, accreditation is a process which "trained external peer reviewers evaluate healthcare organisation's compliance with pre-established performance standards. Unlike licensure, focuses on continuous improvement strategies and achievement of optimal quality standards, rather than adherence minimal standards intended ass...