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INTEGRIS Health’s Palm Scanner Increases Patient Safety

September 25, 2012 ‐ Brooke Schmidt

INTEGRIS Health is the first health care system in Oklahoma to use a new biometric palm scanner to both streamline the registration process and accurately identify patients.

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Patient Safety Checklist Helps Address Opioid Warnings from TJC

September 25, 2012 ‐ Brooke Schmidt

By Sean Power and Michael Wong

On August 8, The Joint Commission issued a Sentinel Event Alert on the safe use of opioids in hospitals. The Alert discussed the significance of accurate pain assessment and effective pain management plans.

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PCORI Workshops Designed to Improve Research Process

September 12, 2012 ‐ Brooke Schmidt

The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) has launched a new initiative aimed at engaging patients and other health care stakeholders as meaningful and active partners in PCORI’s efforts to build a patient-centered research community and refine its research agenda.

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Parkland Hospital to pay $1M Settlement for Alleged Patient Safety Violations

September 12, 2012 ‐ Brooke Schmidt

Parkland Health & Hospital System has reached a settlement agreement with the Department of State Health Services (DSHS) that resolves and discharges all potential litigation and enforcement actions for compliance issues prior to May 31, 2012.

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Doctors Earn Incentive Payments with Pulse PQRS Qualified Registry

September 12, 2012 ‐ Brooke Schmidt

Pulse, an industry-leading vendor of Electronic Health Records (EHR) and Practice Management solutions, has achieved Physician Quality Reporting System (PQRS) Qualified Registry status.

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AHRQ Patient Safety Project Reduces Bloodstream Infections by 40%

September 12, 2012 ‐ Brooke Schmidt

A unique nationwide patient safety project funded by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) reduced the rate of central line-associated bloodstream infections (CLABSIs) in intensive care units by 40 percent, according to the agency’s preliminary findings of the largest national effort to combat CLABSIs to date.

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Costs of Care Essay Contest

September 10, 2012 ‐ Brooke Schmidt

By Susan Carr

An organization called Costs of Care is holding its third annual essay contest to draw attention to the financial impact of medical decision-making on individual patients.

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Surgeons Devise Patient Safety Plan to Decrease Complications

August 31, 2012 ‐ Brooke Schmidt

Postoperative complications are the most significant independent risk factor leading to 30-day hospital readmissions among general surgery patients, according to a new exploratory study published in the September issue of the Journal of the American College of Surgeons.

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Covidien Expands Offerings on Patient and Caregiver Education Website

August 31, 2012 ‐ Brooke Schmidt

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.

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Johns Hopkin’s Armstrong Institute Receives Patient Safety Grant

August 29, 2012 ‐ Brooke Schmidt

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.