Enhancing Patient Safety: Understanding and Leveraging a Unit Safety Score for Improved Outcomes Dec 11

Wednesday, December 11 at 1:00 pm ET (12:00 pm CT, 11:00 am MT, 10:00 am PT)

The Unit Safety Score provides a comprehensive, weighted measure of inpatient safety performance by tracking eleven key domains across harm and best practice events. Calculated on a rolling three-month basis, the score is designed to help health care nursing units identify and address preventable patient safety issues, ensuring accountability and continuous improvement. Each domain is weighted to reflect its importance in patient safety, with harm events indicating hospital-acquired risks and best practice events highlighting preventive actions. To maintain a patient-centered approach, the score also tracks the number of individual patients impacted, supporting a holistic view of safety efforts and outcomes.

Learning Objectives:

• Explain the Components of the Unit Safety Score
• Demonstrate the Calculation of the Weighted Unit Safety Score
• Encourage Ongoing Engagement with the Unit Safety Score for Continuous Improvement

Speaker:

• LeaAnn Teague, MBA, MT(ASCP), SBB
  Sr. Director of Performance Improvement, Our Lady of the Lake Health

Continuing Education:

Participants will earn 1.00 Joint Accreditation credit hour for this webinar by completing all CE requirements. CE credit is provided by Duke University Health System Clinical Education & Professional Development. They are accredited by the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE) and the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME).

In order to qualify for credit, you must have an active Duke OneLink Account and watch the webinar live. If you do not have a Duke OneLink account, please follow these directions to set up your account and confirm your mobile number (both steps are required). Please note this is a one-time set-up and you may use your account for all future AHA Team Training webinars.