Call for Presenters for 2013 TeamSTEPPS Conference
The TeamSTEPPS National Conference organizers are looking for presenters who wish to share their stories about any new, innovative and engaging ways they are using team training to improve patient safety in their organization. The conference will take place June 12-13, 2013, in Dallas, Texas.
KBCore Wins ONC ‘Investing in Innovation’ Challenge: Patient Safety Reporting Systems
Over the past several weeks, many of us at the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC), Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), and Food and Drug Administration have been evaluating the submissions for the Reporting Patient Safety Events Challenge.
Nellcor OxiNet III Remote Respiratory Monitoring Improves Patient Safety
Covidien, a leading global provider of healthcare products and recognized innovator in patient monitoring and respiratory care devices, has installed its largest capnography connected to a centralized remote monitoring system at the Medical Center of Central Georgia (MCCG).
Editor’s Note: ‘Let’s Improve Our Way Out of This Mess’
Even at times of highest stress and acrimony during the recent political campaign, there were pockets of optimism within the medical community about our ability to solve the country’s healthcare problems. I’ve written about this refreshing and unexpected optimism before, following last year’s IHI National Forum. I ran into it again recently, not surprisingly, with Don Berwick, MD, who was the closing keynote speaker at the Pega Collaborative Healthcare Summit in Boston last month.
Draft National Safe Patient Handling Standards Released for Comment
The American Nurses Association (ANA) has released draft Safe Patient Handling and Mobility National Standards to a broad array of professions and individuals for public comment, a critical step toward establishing a uniform, national foundation for programs to improve safety for patients and health care workers. The public comment period is open through Nov. 30.
Missouri Center for Patient Goes National
Patient safety is an ever increasing focal point for improving efficacy and efficiency in the U.S. healthcare system, across all provider settings. Now the Missouri Center for Patient Safety (MOCPS) is poised to share its mission across the country.
MAeHC Participates in Successful Massachusetts HIWay Kick-Off
The Massachusetts eHealth Collaborative (MAeHC), a non-profit pioneer and leader in healthcare delivery through health information technology, announced it participated in the official launch of the statewide healthcare information exchange, known as the Massachusetts Health Information Highway (HIway).
New AHRQ Tool Assesses Patient Safety Culture in Pharmacies
AHRQ has released the Pharmacy Survey on Patient Safety Culture and a free toolkit of materials that helps community pharmacies assess their culture of patient safety.
Provider Perspectives on Patient Safety: Join the Discussion
EPMG Assists Families Experiencing Unexpected Death or Outcomes
Emergency Physicians Medical Group’s (EPMG) Next Step Program has been nationally recognized as an innovation designed to reach out to patients and their family members in a very unique way.