Patient Safety Indicators

Patient Safety Indicators, or PSIs, provide insight into safety events that occur during care delivery. Health care organizations can use PSIs to assess potential complications and events to improve their care. Today, we define PSIs and their importance. We also discuss how health care organizations can use Present on Admission data to alleviate being unfairly compared to other organizations regarding care outcomes.

 

Guest speaker:

Terry Golde, MBA, RN, CCDS

Consulting Director

Vizient

 

Moderator:

Tomas Villanueva, DO, MBA, FACPE, SFHM

Principal

Clinical Operations and Quality

Vizient

 

Show Notes:

[00:53] Definition

[01:14] Importance of PSIs

[01:44] What PSIs measure

[03:07] Development of PSIs

[03:36] What lower PSI rates mean for hospital performance

[04:14] How PSI data is collected

[07:10] Hospital Rate in PSIs

[08:07] Calculating PSI rates

[09:13] Adjust for patient characteristics – so hospitals will compare fairly

[10:01] Using Present on Admission (POA) data

[11:08] Effect of PSIs on reimbursement and performance ranking

[11:49] PSIs as a useful measure

 

Links | Resources:

To contact Modern Practice: modernpracticepodcast@vizientinc.com

Terry Golde’s contact email: teresa.golde@vizientinc.com

Patient Safety Indicators (AHRQ) Click here

 

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