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NPSF Announces 15th Annual Patient Safety Congress

October 30, 2012 ‐ Brooke Schmidt

The NPSF Patient Safety Congress, to be held May 8 – 10 in New Orleans, is an educational and networking event. Speakers and posters are invited to share experiences and successes so all may benefit.

Patient Safety

Report Cites Health Care Integration as a National Priority for Improving Patient Safety

October 23, 2012 ‐ Brooke Schmidt

The Lucian Leape Institute at the National Patient Safety Foundation today released a report on care integration that highlights the issue as a national priority for improving patient safety and the efficiency of the US health care system. Order from Chaos: Accelerating Care Integration is the result of a Leape Institute Roundtable that brought together leading experts in the fields of patient safety and health system improvement.

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Donald Berwick Receives Institute of Medicine’s 2012 Lienhard Award

October 16, 2012 ‐ Brooke Schmidt

The Institute of Medicine recently presented the 2012 Gustav O. Lienhard Award to Donald M. Berwick, a physician whose work has catalyzed a national movement to improve health care quality and safety.

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ArborMetrix’s Registry Solution Enhances Quality, Lower Cost of Surgical Care

October 16, 2012 ‐ Brooke Schmidt

The Michigan Bariatric Surgery Collaborative (MBSC) and the Michigan Surgical Quality Collaborative (MSQC) have selected ArborMetrix, a provider of real-time, cloud-based analytics solutions for acute and specialty care, to help accelerate their surgical care quality improvement efforts.

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Radisphere Partnership Provides Quality, Lower Cost Radiology Services

October 16, 2012 ‐ Brooke Schmidt

Radisphere, the largest and fastest-growing national radiology group in the United States, has partnered with the National Rural Health Association (NRHA) to bring high quality, lower cost radiology services to the rural hospital community.

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National Patient Safety Foundation Announces Leadership Transition

October 15, 2012 ‐ Brooke Schmidt

The National Patient Safety Foundation (NPSF) has announced that Diane C. Pinakiewicz, MBA, CPPS will be leaving her position as president of NPSF, effective November 12, 2012.

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ASHRM Launches Serious Safety Events White Paper

October 11, 2012 ‐ Brooke Schmidt

In conjunction with the ASHRM 2012 theme of Getting to Zero™, ASHRM released the first in a series of white papers on Serious Safety Events (SSEs).

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ThedaCare Selects Phytel to Strengthen Its Patient Engagement Process

October 11, 2012 ‐ Brooke Schmidt

ThedaCare Physicians, the clinic division of the ThedaCare healthcare system, has agreed to use Phytel to help the organization manage population health and secure National Committee for Quality Assurance recognition of its patient-centered medical homes. NCQA provides automatic credit to providers who deploy Phytel to meet certain elements of the medical home requirements.

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Tools Available to Improve Safety of Patients with Limited English Proficiency

October 11, 2012 ‐ Brooke Schmidt

The new TeamSTEPPS Limited English Proficiency module and accompanying guide, “Improving Patient Safety Systems for Patients with Limited English Proficiency: A Hospital Guide,” are now available.

Medication Safety

Pharmacies Across the Country Urged to Adopt “Patient-Centered” Labels

October 9, 2012 ‐ Brooke Schmidt

With medication misuse resulting in more than one million adverse drug events per year in the United States, new standards have been released by the U.S. Pharmacopeial Convention (USP) that for the first time provide a universal approach to the format, appearance, content and language of instructions for medicines in containers dispensed by pharmacists.