Patient Safety

Upcoming Events

Rural health care providers are constantly faced with new challenges and fewer resources. The purpose of this symposium is to provide attendees with the skills, ideas and information necessary to survive in the rapidly changing world of rural health care. The symposium is designed for senior-level administrators, hospital trustees and others interested in rural health issues.

Management and Leadership Training Three-Part Webinar Series - Part 3 - Dec. 4

This webinar series is designed for all health care managers and supervisors, including those in the nursing and allied health professions who want to fine-tune their management skills.

Healthworks Board Meeting - Dec. 5

At Healthworks (formerly the Kansas Hospital Education & Research Foundation), we are health care delivery revolutionaries, using our time, energy and resources to spark action. We educate our partners, bring groups together, find funding and provide services that will change our health care delivery system for the better.

KHA Allied Presidents' Retreat - Dec. 6

KHA has 24 different allied organizations. Membership in these organizations keep you in touch with people who understand the joys and frustrations of your job and keep you up-to-date on important health care issues and trends that affect your job and your facility. KHA provides education to allied organization leaders annually.

Financial Webinar: Price Transparency - Dec. 10

Join us at noon on Dec. 10 for a financialwebinar where Kathy Reep, PYA will lookat the new requirements for hospital pricetransparency, as well as some of the keyconcerns from providers regarding thecurrent regulations. She will also discussthe status of federal legislation relatedto price transparency and recent reportson provider compliance from both thirdparties and government agencies.

Patient Safety

Patient- and family-centered care can be defined as health care that establishes a partnership among practitioners, patients and their families, ensuring that care delivery respects patients’ wants, needs and preferences and providing patients with the education and support they need to make decisions and participate in their own care. Patient- and family-centered care is associated with improved clinical outcomes, increased market share and patient loyalty, increased patient safety, and higher employee satisfaction.

Falls Prevention Resources:

Infection Prevention: Hand Hygiene

Kansas Healthcare Collaborative Hand Hygiene Resources

The Quality and Patient Safety Technical Advisory Group, working together with infection control professionals across the state, has developed the Kansas Hospital Association Infection Prevention: Hand Hygiene Tools and Resources manual for use by our member hospitals. The goal of the manual (now available in a CD version) is to promote the use of best practices concerning hand hygiene and infection prevention. This comprehensive resource contains sample policies and procedures, brochures, posters, definitions, information on specific organisms and guidelines from national infection prevention and reduction organizations. Most of the materials on the CD can be customized for individual hospitals. If you have any questions or would like a CD sent to you, contact Karen Braman or Cindy Samuelson.

Color-Coded Wristband Standardization

KHA member hospitals adopted a wristband standardization program using three specific colors on patient wrist bands to identify a patient’s care status. The colors were chosen based on a nationwide initiative to standardize patient wrist bands and include the use of yellow for fall risk, red for allergy and purple for "Do Not Resuscitate." This initiative also allows hospitals the option to use two additional colors - pink for limited extremity and green for latex allergy. For a CD of the KHA Wristband Standardization Toolkit, contact Karen Braman or use an order form.

Patient Safety-related Links and Downloads:

Questions regarding patient safety issues can be addressed to Karen Braman via email, or by calling the KHA office at (785) 233-7436.

Concealed Carry

Tools and resources for Kansas hospitals on the new Kansas law that will exempt governmental medical facilities and adult care homes from permitting concealed carry in their buildings for a period of four (4) years.