NHD Ep 18: The Triple A (All About Accreditation)

Welcome to No Harm Done Episode18: All About Accreditation

In this ep we wander the accreditation maze, looking for clues.  
Does it work?  Do consumers have a role? 
Can it be managed without light years of stress? And find out how relatives and friends ‘protect’ their loved ones in hospital – this we must do something about…

QQ: ( QUALITY QUANDARY) – The Triple A (All About Accreditation)

21:00 Swiers R, Haddock R. Assessing the value of accreditation to health service organisations. Deeble Institute Evidence Brief No. 18,
Canberra: Australian Healthcare and Hospitals Association; 2019. p. 20 https://ahha.asn.au/publication/health-policy-evidence-briefs/evidence-brief-no-18-assessing-value-accreditation-health

NSQHSS Workbook: https://www.safetyandquality.gov.au/sites/default/files/migrated/National-Safety-and-Quality-Health-Service-Standards-Accreditation-Workbook.pdf

NSQHSS Monitoring Tool: https://www.safetyandquality.gov.au/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/NSQHS-Standards-2nd-ed-monitoring-tool-for-hospitals.xlsx

27:25 THE POINT

Reece Hinchcliff,  David Greenfield,  Anne Hogden,  Pooria Sarrami-Foroushani, Joanne Travaglia,  Jeffrey Braithwaite. Levers for change: an investigation of how accreditation programmes can promote consumer engagement in healthcare.  
International Journal for Quality in Health Care, Volume 28, Issue 5, 10 October 2016, Pages 561–565, https://doi.org/10.1093/intqhc/mzw074

Merner B, Hill S, Taylor M. ‘I’m Trying to Stop Things Before They Happen’: Carers’ Contributions to Patient Safety in Hospitals.
Qualitative Health Research. 2019;29(10):1508-18.
https://doi.org/10.1177/1049732319841021

35:50 TLDR: (Too Long Didn’t Read):

NSQHS Standards User guide for governing bodies: https://www.safetyandquality.gov.au/publications-and-resources/resource-library/nsqhs-standards-user-guide-governing-bodies

Board Attestation statement: https://www.safetyandquality.gov.au/publications-and-resources/resource-library/fact-sheet-7-governing-body-attestation-statement

42:15 DRDR: Did Read – Do Read 

Do we make QI too complicated?
By Karen Baldoza, IHI,  July 18, 2019

http://www.ihi.org/communities/blogs/do-we-make-qi-too-complicated?utm_campaign=tw&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=74833868&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-_TixfWOzzKUUogVCftrl-7BkNhBeZE7vATAIvxwofAF-gJdbBySnGwh6e_vR__EufUD3aNYgvTvq3D-YhM_CbaxkGVEa2CZZJisSjsgzTsrmKaZzM&_hsmi=74833868

Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care. The state of patient safety and quality in Australian hospitals 2019. Sydney; ACSQHC, 2019.

https://www.safetyandquality.gov.au/sites/default/files/2019-07/the-state-of-patient-safety-and-quality-in-australian-hospitals-2019.pdf

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Nobody cares how much you know, until they know how much you care.  -Theodore Roosevelt.