Competition Opens for Young Physicians Patient Safety Award
Entries are now being accepted for the 2014 Young Physicians Patient Safety Award, The Doctors Company Foundation announced. Medical students and residents are eligible to compete for six $5,000 awards. Winners will also receive travel to the Association of American Medical College’s Integrating Quality meeting in Chicago June 12–13, 2014, where the awards will be presented.
Home Health and Mobility – Meeting Provider Needs
There are a number of issues and trends impacting the healthcare industry that should be of particular note for home health providers as the push to provide better care to more individuals continues.
HRET to Develop Toolkit Based on Medical Liability Reform Successes
The Health Research & Educational Trust (HRET) of the American Hospital Association (AHA) has been awarded a contract by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) to develop a comprehensive patient safety and medical liability communication and resolution resource toolkit. The toolkit will promote communication between patients, doctors and hospitals to improve the quality of care, reduce preventable injuries and ensure timely and appropriate restitution when harm results from care.
Physician Turned Writer Reflects on Burnout and Strikes a Chord
Diane Shannon, MD, stopped practicing medicine 17 years ago and recently wrote a blog post to describe her feelings about being a doctor, her daily experience as an internist, and her decision to focus instead on medical writing.
Wolters Kluwer Health Announces eCourses for Nurses on Patient Safety and More
Wolters Kluwer Health, a leading global provider of information and point-of-care solutions for the healthcare industry, has announced availability of professional development eCourses for nurses that were developed in collaboration with Joint Commission Resources (JCR), official publisher and educator of The Joint Commission.
Miami VA Healthcare System Extends Its Use of LiveData Patient Safety Solution
LiveData, Inc. has announced that the Department of Veterans Affairs Healthcare Facility in Miami is installing LiveData PeriOp Manager, the company’s operational intelligence solution for healthcare, throughout its full perioperative environment.
Cardinal Health Foundation Calls for Applicants for Patient Safety Grants
The Cardinal Health Foundation is currently accepting applications for grant funding to help U.S., Canadian and Puerto Rican hospitals, health systems, community health clinics and other non-profit health care institutions improve the efficiency and quality of patient care.
ISMP Announces 16th Annual Cheers Awards Recipients
The Institute for Safe Medication Practices (ISMP) has announced its 16th Annual Cheers Awards winners. The annual awards dinner will be held on December 10, 2013, at the Cuba Libre restaurant in Orlando.
Saint Luke’s Health System to Implement PeriGen in Seven Hospitals
Saint Luke’s Health System (SLHS), one of the largest not-for-profit health systems in the Midwest, has signed an agreement to implement PeriGen’s PeriCALM® fetal surveillance system in its seven metro and regional birthing hospitals in northwest Missouri and northeast Kansas. Celebrating 100 years of delivering babies, SLHS hospitals collectively deliver 6,000 newborns annually.
MagMutual Launches Patient Safety Institute
MagMutual Insurance Company, the Southeast’s foremost medical professional liability insurer, has announced the establishment of the MagMutual Patient Safety Institute. Underscoring its commitment to improving quality across care delivery settings, MagMutual’s $50 million investment offers physicians a wide range of resources and practical tools that facilitate the adoption of best practices to improve safety and decrease exposure to risk.