5 Diamond | Patient Safety Program

Assisting dialysis facilities to improve both staff and patient awareness of specific patient safety areas, promoting patient safety values, and building a culture of patient safety in every dialysis facility.

Welcome to Our 2024 Program Year!

The 5 Diamond Patient Safety Program was developed in 2008 for dialysis providers and other healthcare staff to assess and improve their culture of patient safety within their dialysis facilities.

The program is an automated, online, national educational resource, consisting of patient safety topic modules including the tools and resources necessary to implement each patient safety concept. Any dialysis facility, regardless of Network area may participate in the program. For each module successfully completed during a program year, the facility earns one Diamond. Upon successful completion of five modules, and a Program Review questionnaire completed by all staff, the facility is recognized as a 5-Diamond Patient Safety Facility.

We are excited to launch the 17th program year which is free to every dialysis facility in the nation, with full continuing education credit available. For instructions, tips and tricks to using the new platform check out the 5 Diamond User Guide.

NOTE – YOUR USER NAME FOR LOG-IN IS YOUR FACILITY 6-DIGIT MEDICARE CERTIFICATION/PROVIDER NUMBER (CCN).

Culture of Safety (Mandatory 1st Module)

Culture of Safety (Mandatory)

Upon completion of this module, dialysis facility personnel will be able to:

Describe the basic concepts of patient safety in the healthcare environment
Identify best practices to prevent safety errors

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Care Coordination/Care Transitions

Care Coordination/ Transitions

Upon completion of this module, dialysis facility personnel will be able to:

Define care coordination and care transitions
Discuss challenges associated with care coordination

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Home Dialysis Therapy

Home Dialysis Therapy

Upon completion of this module, dialysis facility personnel will be able to:

Educate all eligible patients about home dialysis therapy
Assess all eligible patients for interest, and refer as appropriate, all eligible patients to home dialysis therapy

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Transplantation

Transplantation

Upon completion of this module, dialysis facility personnel will be able to:

recognize transplantation as the preferred modality for dialysis patients with ESRD
implement clearly defined education and referral protocols that utilize a facility-level transplant liaison in transplantation discussions with patients and staff coordination

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