Resource Details

Learning Collaborative: Introduction to Improving Patient Safety

Session 4: Using Peer Review and Competency Assessments to Improve Patient Safety

Year Developed: 2024

Resource Type: Archived Webinar.

Primary Audience: C-Suite (CEOs, CFOs, CIO, COOs, CMOs, etc.) Clinicians Enabling Staff Outreach Staff PCAs
Secondary Audience: Administrative Staff Board of Directors

Language(s): English

Developed by: Renaye James Healthcare Advisors (RJHA) (See other resources developed by this organization).

Resource Summary: The Renaye James Healthcare Advisors’ Learning Collaborative will cover various aspects of safe patient care, including safety measure/metric identification, data collection, leadership commitment, facility requirements, regulatory requirements, external collaborations, and governance involvement. The content will reinforce how focusing on patient safety by all departments and staff positively impacts patients and the organization. Participants will identify a hypothetical patient safety event that could occur at their health center and will be asked to draft a plan for investigation and response.

Resource Details: Participants will be able to define peer review and the regulatory requirements of a peer review process, recognize the concept of peer review as it relates to quality and patient safety, compare and contrast the ongoing professional practice evaluation (OPPE) and focused professional practice evaluation (FPPE) definitions, and recognize clinical competency assessments and their connection to patient safety.

Resource Topic: Operations, Quality

Resource Subtopic: Administrative Policies, Compliance, Patient Centered Medical Home, Quality Improvement, Patient Safety.

Keywords: Access to Care, Care Coordination, Education of - Staff (e.g., Competency-Based), Health Care Facilities, Health Systems, Policies and Procedures, Quality Measures, Risk Management, Team-Based Care.