Patient Safety and Quality Healthcare: eNewsletter November 14, 2007 - Volume 2, Number 11 Conference News Following a sold-out conference in September, organizers have scheduled a second Health 2.0 conference, "Connecting Consumers and Providers," for March 3-4 in San Diego, www.health2.0con.com. TCBI plans Second Annual Summit on Behavioral Telehealth: Technology for Behavior Change & Disease Management for June 2-3 in Boston. Online Feature A recent study examines the relationship between employee ratings of hospital safety culture and patient ratings of service quality from the same hospitals. Current News Nurses at 25 U.S. hospitals report that poorly designed medical technologies lead to inefficiency and unsafe workarounds. Health leaders from Canada, Germany, the Netherlands, New Zealand, the UK and US support WHO Action on Patient Safety Initiative. Office of the National Coordinator seeks consensus definitions for EHR, EMR, PHR, HIE, and RHIO. Leapfrog is accepting applications for two new awards: Governance for Quality and Patient-Centered Care. The eHealth Initiative has released a report of principles and strategies for using IT to improve health and healthcare. Business News Cambridge University Hospital (UK) will use Fusion from Carefx to enable access to patient data across systems. Walter Reed Army Medical Center chooses Awarepoint's RFID for asset management. Miller Children's Hospital-a leapfrog "top Hospital"-uses MEDai for business intelligence. CCD Health Systems acquires risk management software assets of Medical Risk Management Associates. Product News The Patient Safety Group offers the AHRQ Culture Survey Next generation Vocera communications badge boosts performance. Cerification Commission announces first EHR products certified for hospitals. Standard Register will offer solution for CMS requirement for tamper-resistant prescription pads. PDC's systems reduce transfusion errors related to patient or blood misidentification. 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 Marvin Diamond at marvin@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		Classified Employment Advertising: • Enloe Medical Center (Posted: September 28, 2007)