Patient Safety and Quality Healthcare

Past Issues of
Patient Safety &
Quality Healthcare

2006 Issues

November / December 2006: • CDS and Medication Reconciliation; • Clinical Inference and Rapid Response Teams; • The Role of the Medical Librarian; • Safety Culture in Rural Hospitals; • Maximizing PICU/NICU Bed Utilization
September / October 2006: • MRI Suites: Safety Outside the Bore; • No Hidden Patient: Facility Design for Safety; • E-Prescribing in Massachusetts: Collaboration Leads to Success; • Heart Safe or Heart Break: What Every Clinician Needs to Know About AEDs; • Evidence-Based Review Promotes Evidence-Based Medical Practice; • Beyond Bricks and Mortar: Transforming the Emergency Department
July / August 2006: • Disruptive Clinician Behavior: A Persistent Threat to Patient Safety; • Web-Connected Patients and Doctors: The Case for Personal Control of Private Health Information; • Partnering for a Successful Technology Conversion; • Visual Learning Tools Overcome Health Illiteracy; • Tackling Health Illiteracy
May / June 2006: • IV First - A New Barcode Implementation Strategy; • Six Sigma Approach to Reducing CVC-Related Bloodstream Infections; • Inpatient Falls: Lessons from the Field; • Informed Consent: Comprehension Is the Key; • The DUN Factor: How Communication Complicates the Patient Safety Movement; • RHIOs Aim to Transform Quality of Care
and Patient Safety; • Trends in RFID: Ready for Prime Time?
March / April 2006: • Naval Aviation Safety and Its Application to Medicine; • Making CPOE Work: Redesign Workflows to Optimize Benefits; • Q&A: Directing a Medical Simulation Center; • Six Sigma and Change Management: Reducing Hospital-Acquired Pressure Ulcers; • Evidence-Based Medicine in the Pharmacy; • Pathologist Review: Quality Assurance, Diagnosis, Treatment, and Patient Care
January / February 2006: • Emerging IT Enablers: Physician Practice Connections; • Just What the Doctor Ordered: Using an HIN to Improve Care; • The Evolution of Evidence-based Medicine; • Ensuring Successful Care Management; • Improving Safety in Obstetrics with Decision Support and Clinical IT; • Enhancing Access and Quality for Breast Health Services; • Improved Patient Care at a Glance; • Medication Errors: Focus on Legibility

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