Covidien Expands Offerings on Patient and Caregiver Education Website
Covidien, a leading global provider of healthcare products, has updated its web-based patient and caregiver education resource to offer valuable information in four new clinical categories. The website, www.patientcare-edu.com, provides resources for addressing common care needs in acute, non-acute and homecare settings.
Johns Hopkin’s Armstrong Institute Receives Patient Safety Grant
Johns Hopkins’ Armstrong Institute for Patient Safety and Quality has received an $8.9 million grant from the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, the first award given as part of an ambitious new $500 million, 10-year program designed to eliminate all preventable harms that patients experience in the hospital.
CRICO Strategies Reports on Malpractice Errors to Enhance Patient Safety
Emergency Medicine Malpractice allegations were cited in about four of every 100,000 Emergency Department (ED) visits in a recent study of more than 90 hospitals across the country by CRICO Strategies. Missed and delayed diagnoses—stemming from vulnerabilities throughout the process of care in the ED—were the most prevalent allegation, cited in 47 percent of the 1,304 cases that made up the study.
Real Healthcare Reform
By Susan Carr
Although political discussion of healthcare reform in the United States today tends toward buzzwords and scare tactics, profound changes to healthcare delivery are currently underway. At the Quality Colloquium, which I’m attending this week, providers, executives, consultants, and consumers/patients are talking about transformative changes in the way care is delivered and in the definition of “healthcare” itself.
Enhanced Critical Test Results Management Solution Improves Patient Care
Virtual Quality Improvement Collaborative Improves Quality and Safety in Hospitals
Cardinal Health Foundation Provides $1.1 Million in Grant Funding to Improve Patient Safety
The Cardinal Health Foundation has announced 42 grants, totaling nearly $1.1 million, to help U.S. hospitals, health systems and community health organizations improve the effectiveness, efficiency and excellence of patient care.
PSO Services Group Launches National Medical Safety Board
The PSO Services Group, LLC, a Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) AHRQ listed National Patient Safety Organization (PSO), has launched a multi-disciplinary National Medical Safety Board (NMSB), designed along the lines of the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB).
Surgical Patient Safety Program Reduces Surgical Site Infections
A surgical patient safety program that combines three components—accurate outcome measurement, support of hospital leadership, and engaged frontline providers—reduces surgical site infections (SSIs) by 33 percent in patients who undergo colorectal procedures, according to a new study published in the August issue of the Journal of the American College of Surgeons.