ABMRS to Offer Professional Credential in Magnetic Resonance Safety
Experts in magnetic resonance safety have formed a new organization, the American Board of Magnetic Resonance Safety (ABMRS), to provide testing and certification for professionals working with magnetic resonance.
Is Incivility an Underlying Threat to Safety in Obstetrics?
Disruptive behavior? Perhaps these examples do not meet everyone’s threshold. However, few would deny that incivility characterizes these real anecdotal interactions, which occurred in labor and delivery. In 2007, a study of disruptive behavior in labor and delivery units on the West Coast of the United States found that 61% of nurse managers felt that disruptive behavior was currently occurring on their unit (Veltman, 2007).
Betsy Lehman Center for Patient Safety Relaunches to Improve Patient Safety
Named for a Boston Globe reporter who died after a chemotherapy dosing error 20 years ago, Massachusetts’s Betsy Lehman Center for Patient Safety and Medical Error Reduction has once again opened its doors with a revitalized mission to reduce medical errors and increase patient safety.
New Coalition Focuses on Continuous Patient Monitoring
Matt Whitman, a retired Michigan state trooper, strode to the lectern at the front of the room in downtown Chicago and made a startling announcement: “On April 17, 2003, I died.”
New Blood Bank ID Solutions Improve Patient Safety and Efficiency
PDC Healthcare, an identification solutions company, has expanded its product offering for blood transfusion patient identification.
Northwest Patient Safety Conference Calls for Speakers
Save the date for the 13th Northwest Patient Safety Conference, presented by the Washington Patient Safety Coalition on May 13, 2015
BD’s Acquistion of CareFusion Offers Integrated Medication Management, Patient Safety Solutions
BD and CareFusion have announced a definitive agreement under which BD will acquire CareFusion for $58.00 per share in cash and stock, or a total of $12.2 billion, to create a global leader in medication management and patient safety solutions.
NPSF Patient Safety Congress Call for Abstracts Due Oct. 17
The 17th Annual NPSF Patient Safety Congress takes place April 29 – May 1, in Austin, Texas.
Enhance Patient Safety with Better Barcoding
Hospitals seeking to conquer the stubbornly persistent problem of patient safety can start by expanding the adoption of barcoding technology into all areas of the hospital, from the patient room to the lab to the pharmacy. Although barcoding outcomes to date may have fallen short of expectations, it’s important to recognize that both the technology and utilization are maturing, providing the opportunity to make great strides toward improved safety and quality of care at a fraction of the time and cost investment required for an enterprise-wide electronic health record (EHR) implementation.
Hospital’s ASTEC Center Improves Patient Safety, Ensures Critical OR Skills Using Qstream Platform
Inova Fairfax Medical Center (IFMC) in Virginia and its newly opened Advanced Surgical Technology and Education Center (ASTEC) are using Qstream’s mobile, game-based platform to drive improved patient safety and clinical knowledge among an interdisciplinary operating room (OR) team.