American Accreditation Commission International

Kresimir Antonio Paliska,Senior Vice President — Kresimir Antonio Paliska Senior Vice President

Culture of Safety: “First do not harm” (Nov 16)

Despite advances in modern medicine, patients around the world are still placed at risk by the very organizations designed to alleviate their illness.

Stroke clinical excellence certification benefits for Senior Living Facilities (Jun 28)

In today’s high demand senior living arena, it has become increasingly crucial for all invested parties to be well trained and educated on the myriad health issues presented by its booming senior living population, including but not limited to hypertension, dementia, heart disease, depression, osteoporosis, diabetes, COPD, cancer, and stroke.

Andrej Robida, MD, PhD, FACC — Andrej Robida MD, PhD, FACC

Continuous Quality Improvement and Learning – part 1 (May 4)

A healthcare organization needs a comprehensive attempt to continuously improve outcomes and patient safety that goes beyond small changes for reduction of variance

John Davis Bell‚MD, President — John Davis Bell‚MD President

Why do we need the endoscopy standard? (Mar 9)

It is with great pleasure that I introduce the new AACI clinical excellence standard relating to endoscopy care, and facility competence and excellence. For many years the issue of management and appropriate supervision of endoscope and other re-useable medical equipment (RME) requirements particularly relating to decontamination and reprocessing has mostly gone without questioning the realities involved in this most important area of patient care

Harriet Smith, Risk and Safety Specialist – Healthcare — Harriet Smith Risk and Safety Specialist – Healthcare

The incongruous mix of litigation and obstetrics (Aug 31)

It does not matter where you are in the world, pregnancy and delivering a baby can be risky. Recent studies indicate that both in America and in the United Kingdom risks are inherent within Obstetrics and Midwifery.

Diagnostic Errors in Stroke (Apr 29)

A recent study in the Journal Stroke highlights many of the recurring themes in patient safety and diagnostic errors. The study identified missed strokes at both academic medical centers and community hospitals. The rates were alarmingly high, approximately 25% were missed and data analysis revealed most were in the posterior circulation and presented with nonspecific or atypical symptoms.

Improving Patient Safety: Risk Management within Maternity Services (Apr 13)

Maternity services are particularly susceptible to risk; and although (in my experience in the UK) these services tend to be more risk aware than other specialties within a healthcare organisation, there is still a need to improve safety and reduce the number of adverse incidents. Maternity services must introduce a systematic approach to the management of risk, which involves all clinical staff, which continually evolves and which leads to improvement in the care that is offered to women and their babies.

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