Florida Hospital NQF Safe Practices Program

1. Florida Hospital NQF Safe Practices Program • Safe Practices • Step-by-step approach • How to use simulator • Creating a new survey • Answering Questions • Adding comments • Viewing your score • Using the workbench – adding documents • Resources available • Safe Practices & References • Support Contacts

2. Printable NQF Report • Downloadable PDF version of the National Quality Forum's "Safe Practices for Better Healthcare - 2006 update"

3. Printable NQF Adoption Survey & General and Safe Practice Specific FAQs • Team members should use this Word version of the survey along with the FAQs to review and prepare their answers.

4. Florida Hospital NQF Safe Practices Program • Safe Practices • Step-by-step approach • How to use simulator • Creating a new survey • Answering Questions • Adding comments • Viewing your score • Using the workbench – adding documents • Resources available • Safe Practices & References • Support Contacts

5. Submitter’s Toolbox • The Submitter's Toolbox is a simple step-by-step system that will lead the user from preparation through submission of the NQF SP Leap survey. It contains concepts, tools, and resources to streamline the submission process and optimize your score.

6. Florida Hospital NQF Safe Practices Program • Safe Practices • Step-by-step approach • How to use simulator • Creating a new survey • Answering Questions • Adding comments • Viewing your score • Using the workbench – adding documents • Resources available • Safe Practices & References • Support Contacts

7. Creating a new survey • To create a new survey, click on the Choose button and select “Create New”

8. Creating a new survey • From there, you will be asked to enter a title for your survey and a brief description. • When you are finished, click on the “Create Survey” button.

9. Florida Hospital NQF Safe Practices Program • Safe Practices • Step-by-step approach • How to use simulator • Creating a new survey • Answering Questions • Adding comments • Viewing your score • Using the workbench – adding documents • Resources available • Safe Practices & References • Support Contacts

10. Answering Questions • Choose the appropriate response for your institution for each question. • When you are done with the page, choose the “Save and Continue” button to move on to the next Safe Practice.

11. Florida Hospital NQF Safe Practices Program • Safe Practices • Step-by-step approach • How to use simulator • Creating a new survey • Answering Questions • Adding comments • Viewing your score • Using the workbench – adding documents • Resources available • Safe Practices & References • Support Contacts

12. Adding Comments • You have the option of adding comments to each question to help you and your peers remember why a question was answered the way it was. • To add a comment, click on the “Add Comment” button. • In the Add Comments box, enter your information and choose “Submit”

13. Florida Hospital NQF Safe Practices Program • Safe Practices • Step-by-step approach • How to use simulator • Creating a new survey • Answering Questions • Adding comments • Viewing Your Score • Using the workbench – adding documents • Resources available • Safe Practices & References • Support Contacts

14. Viewing Your Score • If you would like to review your current score, proceed to the 30th Safe Practice and choose the “Save and Continue” button. • Your score will be presented in a numerical and graphic format.

15. Florida Hospital NQF Safe Practices Program • Safe Practices • Step-by-step approach • How to use simulator • Creating a new survey • Answering Questions • Adding comments • Viewing Your Score • Using the workbench – adding documents • Resources available • Safe Practices & References • Support Contacts

16. Using the workbench – adding documents • Each Campus has a Campus-specific workbench, which provides a venue to post meeting minutes, progress notes, calendar entries, and secure documents.

17. Using the workbench – adding documents • To add documents, click on the “Secure Documents” link. • Once you are on the Secure Documents page, click on “Upload File” and choose the file you would like to upload as well as an appropriate category.

18. Florida Hospital NQF Safe Practices Program • Safe Practices • Step-by-step approach • How to use simulator • Creating a new survey • Answering Questions • Adding comments • Viewing Your Score • Using the workbench – adding documents • Resources available • Safe Practices & References • Support Contacts

19. Safe Practices & References • There are many resources available to you on the CARELeaders portal. • The Safe Practices, as well as references, concepts, tools, and resources are available under the “NQF Safe Practices” tab in the top menu.

20. Safe Practices & References • Each Safe Practice page contains the following: • Full Description of the Safe Practice • Videos specific to the Safe Practice • References • Concepts, Tools, and Resources

21. Florida Hospital NQF Safe Practices Program • Safe Practices • Step-by-step approach • How to use simulator • Creating a new survey • Answering Questions • Adding comments • Viewing Your Score • Using the workbench – adding documents • Resources available • Safe Practices & References • Support Contacts

22. Support Contacts • For Florida Hospital-specific questions, please contact: Lee M. Adler, DO 407-303-3296 lee.adlerdo@flhosp.org OR Chris Kaptur 407-319-1771 Christine.Kaptur@FLHOSP.ORG • If you are having trouble with broken links, or other problems relating to the CARELeaders portal, please contact: webmaster@careleaders.com 512-457-7654