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2015 John Q. Sherman Award Winner

Patient Identification: Step One in Building a Culture of Safety

It’s amazing that patient identification has remained the No. 1 active Joint Commission National Patient Safety Goal (NPSG) for more than 10 years without garnering a significant amount of national attention or debate. The result is only modest pockets of improvement in reducing harm related to this critical patient safety issue. Organizations must address many […]

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Anna E. Gaeta, RN, BSN, MS, CPHQ, CPPS, and Denise McPartland, MS, are Assistant Directors, Quality Management-Institute for Clinical Excellence and Quality at North Shore LIJ Health System. Ms. Gaeta led the project to standardize Patient Identification system-wide, which won the 2015 John Q. Sherman Award for Excellence in Patient Engagement. Ms. McPartland was a member of the project’s Steering Team.

Anna E. Gaeta and Denise McPartland has 2 post(s) at EngagingPatients.org

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A Call to Action

Patient Engagement Begins Here: Know Thy Patient

She was admitted last night from the Emergency Department and is scheduled for cardiac catheterization today. Her chart says she is 84 years old, resides in long-term care and her name is Annie Smith. It’s a hectic morning on your medical unit with patients in all of the 24 beds. It promises to be “one […]

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Lisa Sams, MSN, RNC Lisa Sams, MSN, RN, is founder and president of Clinical Linkages. Clinical Linkages provides services and resources to health care organizations that result in safer, more effective patient care using the principles of Evidence-Based Practice (EBP). Building teams and improving patient outcomes are the heart of Ms. Sams' work. She has more than 30 years of nursing experience in academic centers and community hospitals.

Lisa Sams, MSN, RNC has 6 post(s) at EngagingPatients.org

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