Based on the new methodology, Stanford has invested $3 million in equipment and training to support a new safe patient-handling program, and recently 30 healthcare executives spent almost three days at Stanford to learn the new approach.
This new version of risk management goes beyond the classic goal of managing downside risk and includes an upside, value creation. In addition to including values such as reductions in patient falls and employee injuries from lifting patients, the new system also values the benefits of less obvious impacts, such as pressure ulcers.
Read the Stanford Hospital & Clinics release on risk analysis.
Read other coverage about patient safety:
– Researchers Highlight 4 Keys to Effective Handover Protocols
– 7 Statistics on Surgery Center Outcomes From the ASC Association
– Washington Hospital Association Data Indicates Some Hospitals Still Struggle With Infection Control
