Provider- - PHA Hospital Guides for Healthcare Workers & Consumers
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GaHospitalQualityCheck.org - HOSPITAL
QUALITY:
- Current quality and pricing information
about the hospitals in your area
- Information for you to ask the right
kind of questions at a doctors visit or hospital stay.
- Quality programs and studies Georgia
hospitals have taken on.
- Georgia hospitals' studies and programs:
- To improve patient safety
- To improve quality of health
care delivered to people all over the state of Georgia.
GaHospitalPriceCheck.org - HOSPITAL PRICING
- Will guide you through hospital pricing
information
- Basic Search - Check charges and information for about
64 types of conditions
- Advanced Search - Information about all types of hospital
stays in Georgia
- Compare Hospitals - choose up to 3 hospitals in Georgia
to compare charges for a certain type of condition or hospital
stay
- Help you plan for a hospital stay no
matter what type of insurance you may have.
Please click one of the buttons above to
learn more about quality and pricing for your Georgia Hospital:
For more information: pha@gha.org
Provider- PHA's State of the Health of Georgia
The State of the Health of Georgia Report provides updated population based information where data is available
for specific indicators. This information is provided to support policymakers
in making data-driven decisions regarding the direction of health
services at the state and local levels by highlighting areas of
need and providing a mechanism to monitor future improvements
in the health of Georgia's citizens.
Full Report (printable version)
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For earlier years, please contact pha@gha.org
Provider - PHA Newsletters
PHA Weekly News
- A condensed weekly email publication containing information bytes, newsworthy
items and resource links specific to Georgia Hospitals and initiatives for Georgia Hosptials.
For 2009 editions, click here
For more information or for earlier editions, please contact at: pha@gha.org
Provider - Safety Alerts
Please share the following safety alerts with your staff to prevent
the same error from occurring in your facility. We would also love
to hear from you! Do you have any processes or practices you have
incorporated to prevent this error or to reduce the risk of this
type of error from occurring? Please send anything that you have
done to
pha@gha.org or fax it to
the PHA Peer Review Protected number: 770-249-4591.
Click to here access
the Safety Alert Resource Page
Upcoming Meetings - None at this time
To share a safety alert with other facilties,
please click here to fill out our online authorization form.
To view Safety Alerts published by The Joint Commission, please click here
2008
2007
Errors:
Cognitive Errors
Medication Reconciliation
Rapid Response Teams
Rapid Response Team
Safety Alert
Correct Site Surgery
Correct Level Spinal Surgery
2004:
2003:
THANKS to the staff member who reported the near
miss to us! Your action not only saved your patient from potential
harm but, it may also save many other patients from the same error
happening to them.
PHA - Consumer Brochure
PHA - Video: Discussing Unanticipated Outcomes
| By clicking the links below, you should be
able to view the instructional video “Discussing Unanticipated
Outcomes and Disclosing Medical Errors” free of charge
with RealPlayer Software. The video lasts 55 minutes. |
If you do not have RealPlayer, please click here to download.
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View
This Video - Please click here to view the video. This is not recommended
for download without a T-1 Line.
If you would like a copy,
please contact Michelle Sprouse at: msprouse@gha.org
To order a VHS or CD version, the
cost is $25, including shipping. |
| This video is one of the products
of grant #1U18HS11918-01 that was awarded to the Georgia
Hospital Association Research and Education Foundation by
the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality in 2001.
The video was written and directed by Dr. John Banja, an
Associate Professor at Emory University’s Center for
Ethics. |
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The video consists of two parts.
Part One features a panel discussion of three clinical vignettes
involving medical error. The panel is comprised of a medical
ethicist, John Banja, a hospital risk manager, Susan Nemchik,
and two healthcare attorneys, Temple Sellers and Jack Schroder.
Part Two of the tape presents a host of empathic communication
techniques that can be useful to health professionals when
they conduct “bad news” conversations. |
| The suggestions offered throughout
the video are intended as recommendations only and not as
standards of care. The video is copyrighted by the Georgia
Hospital Association Research and Education Foundation and
is not intended for commercial distribution.
Thank you for your interest. |
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If you have any additional questions regarding the video or
the download of the video, please contact us at: pha@gha.org
For additional resources for apologies
and disclosure of medical errors, Visit the American College
of Physician Exceutives resource web
page.
