Patient Safety

Patient Mobilization

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Patient Mobilization

Best practices improve health outcomes and ensure safety for patients and staff alike.

By Barbara Peterson, RN, BSN, MPH, and Betty Bogue, RN, BSN

As research supports the critical need for mobilizing hospitalized patients, the adage “If you don’t use it, you will lose it” sums up the weakness and loss of functional status seen with prolonged bed rest. In the hospital setting, patients often depend on their caregivers for mobilization.

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Patient Safety

Safer PCA Therapy

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Safer PCA Therapy

Patient Safety Benefits of Continuous Respiratory Rate and End Tidal Monitoring

By Tim Vanderveen, PharmD, MS

The following interviews were adapted from a November 12, 2010, webcast, “Safer PCA Therapy,” that explored the application of continuous monitoring for patients receiving opioids, most typically using patient-controlled analgesia (PCA).

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Patient Safety

ISMP: Root Causes: A Roadmap to Action

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ISMP

Root Causes: A Roadmap to Action

By the Institute for Safe Medication Practices

Problem: After receiving a report of a medication error that reached a 4-year-old child, we were once again reminded that errors are almost never caused by the failure of a single element in the system.

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Patient Safety

ARQH: What Is Your Organization’s Patient Safety Culture?

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ARQH

What Is Your Organization’s Patient Safety Culture?

By Carolyn M. Clancy, MD

Ask any frontline clinician or healthcare support staff if they can identify the components that make up a “culture of patient safety,” and you might get a vague answer in response. But ask those same health providers if they feel they can speak up to report patient safety concerns without fearing retribution, and you’re likely to get very specific responses.

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Patient Safety

Health Language Signs Agreement with Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association

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Denver, March 31, 2011—Health Language, Inc. (HLI), the global leader in medical and administrative terminology management, announced that the Chicago-based Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association (BCBSA) has selected HLI as a preferred vendor to help Blue Cross and Blue Shield companies transition smoothly and efficiently from ICD-9 to ICD-10 by the Oct. 1, 2013, deadline mandated by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS).

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Patient Safety

ProCare Research Launches PRISM Patient Management System at American Academy of Pain Medicine Annual Meeting

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Grand Rapids, Michigan, March 30, 2011—ProCare Research, LLC, a physician-led medical research organization focused on value-based approaches to healthcare with an emphasis on the relationship between quality and cost, is set to unveiled its PRISM Patient Management System at the American Academy of Pain Medicine (AAPM) 2011 Annual Meeting, March 24-27 in National Harbor, Maryland.

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Patient Safety

Sermo, Inc. Enters Strategic Partnership to Transform How Physicians Coordinate Care for Their Patients

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Cambridge, Massachusetts, March 22, 2011—Sermo, Inc., the world’s largest on-line physician community, announced that it has entered into a strategic partnership with Janssen Global Services, LLC to develop and deliver new mobile and web services that allow physicians to move their patients more easily and efficiently through the healthcare system.

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