What are the 2009 patient safety goals for Hospitals?

Answer 1

Some of the 2009 Patient Safety Goals for Hospitals are:

• Improve the accuracy of patient identification

• Improve the effectiveness of communication among caregivers

• Improve the safety of using medications

• Reduce the risk of healthcare-associated infections

• Accurately and completely reconcile medications across the continuum of care.

• Reduce the risk of patient harm resulting from falls

• Encourage patients' active involvement in their own care as a patient strategy

• The organization identifies safety risks inherent in its patient population

• Improve recognition and response to changes in a patient's condition