National Patient Safety Goals

the Quality Assurance (QA) nurse at a 150 bed acute care facility preparing for
the next Joint Commission site visit which could occur any day now. Your facility has
had an EHR in place for 12 months at this point.

Using the National Patient Safety Goals on the Joint Commission web site, describe in
detail three ways the EHR has enhanced patient care-

The surveyor who shows up at your facility is not tech sawy. Explain to him what

mandatory fields” in the EHR are, and how they help prevent medical errors-

Submit your response to the Week 6 discussion board by the deadline.