Expecting More Medical Errors Due to Health Care Reform, Safety Expert Steve Harden Releases Patient's Manual on Getting Mistake-Free Care
Nationally recognized patient safety expert Steve Harden has released his step-by-step guide to getting safer health care. The book, "Never Go to the Hospital Alone - and other insider safety secrets for getting mistake-free care from your doctor and hospital" is an in-depth, consumer-friendly guide on how to avoid being one of the 100,000 people who will die accidentally this year due to medical error.
Pfizer and Epocrates Partner to Give Healthcare Providers Access to Medical Information Specialists for Medication Questions
Pfizer Inc. and Epocrates, Inc., announced a collaboration to give healthcare providers (HCPs) mobile access to the Pfizer Medical Information Group to obtain scientific answers to their product questions or to report an adverse event.
Emergency Nurses Release New Guidelines for Patient Transfers
The Emergency Nurses Association’s (ENA) Institute for Quality, Safety and Injury Prevention announced the release its new Safer Handoff Guidelines to help facilitate safer transfer of patients between long-term and emergency care facilities.
IV Needleless Connector Design Can Help Prevent CR-BSI, Says Nursing Journal
A recently published article on the care and maintenance of ccentral venous access devices describes the benefits of intraluminal protection connectors for preventing catheter-related bloodstream infections (CR-BSI).
CAPS Partners with Transparent Learning to Promote Award-Winning Video
“The Story of Lewis Blackman” is an award-winning film that chronicles the experience of a vibrant, healthy 15-year-old boy who entered the hospital for what was believed to be a low-risk medical procedure.
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