This is the question on many hospitals minds. For in 2010, the Joint Commission has significantly shortened the list of National Patient Safety Goals (NPSGs). The number has been reduced from 20 in 2009 to 11 in 2010. Regardless, it would be most efficient and effective if your hospital’s HCIS can address and insure that these goals (download the goals here) are being satisfied. How do you plan to do it?

Compliance with the NPSGs and the UP is non-negotiable. Every hospital must be able to document how their HCIS is meeting these NPSG and UP goals, and be fully prepared to demonstrate it during any Joint Commission survey. If you are unsure how your system is supporting this, or how to make your system responsive you should contact a consulting firm with experience. For your initial efforts Inteck has created a comparison chart to get you started thinking about these goals.

Donald Jacobs
President
http://www.inteck-inc.com/JointCommissionGoals2010.html