Patient Safety and Quality Healthcare: e-Newsletter January 18, 2006 - Volume 2, Number 1 Current News Jan. 26 is the deadline for comments about JCAHO's draft National Patient Safety Goals for 2008. (read more) The IFPMA's code of Pharmaceutical Marketing Practices has stricter requirements for 2007. (read more) Safety First: A Report for Patients, Clinicians, and Healthcare Managers, is Sir Liam Donaldson's recent report on patient safety in the NHS. (read more) A new study finds that physician's extended work hours increase the risk of patient harm from medical errors. (read more) Physicians are using Sermo, an online community, to discuss topics such as direct-to-consumer marketing of drugs. (read more) Five large U.S. employers will join together to provide lifelong personal health records for employees. (read more) The DMAA has released guidelines for measuring outcomes in chronic disease management. (read more) Business News University of the Sciences in Philadelphia and Virtua Health partner for innovation in learning, technology and applied healthcare. (read more) CliniComp's Essentris clinical suite will be deployed throughout Womack Army Medical Center, Ft. Bragg, N.C. (read more) Brooklyn's Lutheran Medical Center selects Medsphere OpenVista® for electronic health record deployment (read more) Inova Health System uses ForHealth's IntelliFill i.v. to automate IV preparation and enhance patient safety. (read more) Zebra Technologies patient identification wristbands and thermal barcode wristband printers are available from Premier, Inc. (read more) BeWell Mobile partners with Wipro Technologies to offer cellphone-based disease management services. (read more) Product News JCR publishes Disclosing Medical Errors: A Guide to An Effective Explanation and Apology with forward by Dr. Lucian Leape. (read more) PortBlue's CommandAwareTM incident management software helps improve emergency management planning, response, and recovery. (read more) Code Corporation has released a new barcode reader, the Code Reader 1200TM. (read more) Flo Healthcare's workstation, the Flo 2700, is designed for accurate and efficient dispensing of medication at the point of care. (read more) Ultra Products has introduced a new line of Uninterrupted Power Supplies ideal for protecting small servers, workstations, or powerful PCs. (read more) HealthFrameTM2.1, from Records For Living, is a consumer-controlled PHR that supports iPod connectivity. (read more) Additional PSQH News Sections: • e-Newsletter Archive • Pulse • Trends Other PSQH links: Home Page | Current Issue | Subscriptions | Site Map | Privacy Policy | Contact Us For information on advertising in the Patient Safety & Quality Healthcare e-Newsletter contact John Llewellyn at llewellyn@lionhrtpub.com. You have received this e-mail newsletter because you filled out either the Patient Safety & Quality Healthcare e-Newsletter subscription form or the Patient Safety & Quality Healthcare complimentary magazine subscription form. If this e-mail newsletter was forwarded to you and you wish to subscribe to subsequent issues, click here (www.psqh.com/forms/psqhnews.shtml). If you wish to opt-out of receiving future e-mails from PSQH.com, send an e-mail to optout@psqh.com. Be sure to use the address this e-mail newsletter was sent to. Please do not reply to this email. Press releases, product announcements and other information relevant to patient safety and quality healthcare should be sent to enews-editor@psqh.com. www.psqh.com, Patient Safety & Quality Healthcare, ©2007 by Lionheart Publishing, Inc. All rights reserved. 506 Roswell Street, Suite 220, Marietta, GA 30060; Phone: 770-431-0867 | Fax: 770-432-6969 | www.lionhrtpub.com		NATIONAL PAY FOR PERFORMANCE SUMMIT The Leading National Forum on Pay for Performance to Enhance Healthcare Access, Quality and Efficiency Beverly Hilton Los Angeles, CA February 14 - 16, 2007 www.pfpsummit.com