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Home > St. John's Quality Mission > Patient Safety 

St. John’s 2007 Patient Safety Goals

  • Improve the accuracy of patient identification.

  • Improve the effectiveness of communication 
        among caregivers.

  • Improve the safety of using medications.

  • Reduce the risk of health care associated
        infections.

  • Accurately and completely reconcile medications
        across the continuum of care.

  • Reduce the risk of patient harm resulting from
        falls.

  • Encourage patients' active involvement in their
        own care as a patient safety strategy.

  • The organization identifies safety risks inherent in
        it's patient population

  • A member of the
    Sisters of Mercy Health System