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Language Line Services Partners with Manhattan Cross Cultural Group and Quality Interactions to Provide Innovative Tools to Improve Healthcare for Diverse Patient Populations

August 4, 2011 ‐ Brooke Schmidt

Monterey, California and Cambridge, Massachusetts, August 4, 2011—Language Line Services, the worldwide leader in interpreting and translation services, announced a partnership with the Manhattan Cross Cultural Group (MCCG), creators of Quality Interactions, to help healthcare organizations provide the highest quality care to their culturally and linguistically diverse patients.

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ABQAURP News

July 25, 2011 ‐ Patton McGinley

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July 25, 2011 ‐ Patton McGinley

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Health Literacy Innovations Launches the 2011 National Health Literacy Innovators Contest

June 22, 2011 ‐ Brooke Schmidt

Bethesda, Maryland, June 22, 2011—Health Literacy Innovations, creator of the Health Literacy Advisor, the nation’s first and most comprehensive health literacy software tool, announced the launch of the 2011 National Health Literacy Innovators Award.

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Cautious Patient Foundation Announces New Grants Program Aimed to Improve Patient Safety and Quality of Healthcare

June 14, 2011 ‐ Brooke Schmidt

Houston, Texas, June 14, 2011—The Cautious Patient Foundation (CPF), the outreach and educational arm of Patient Always First, a nonprofit organization committed to educating and empowering patients in the quest for quality healthcare, announced a new grants program to support initiatives that successfully move patients towards greater engagement in their personal or family healthcare process.

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May 13, 2011 ‐ Brooke Schmidt

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Corporate Compliance: Federal Initiatives to Drive Quality of Care: What Patient Safety Officers Need to Know

May 12, 2011 ‐ Brooke Schmidt

Corporate Compliance

Federal Initiatives to Drive Quality of Care: What Patient Safety Officers Need to Know

By Renee H. Martin, JD, RN, MSN; Katherine Autieri, JD

Under the recently enacted Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), every healthcare provider participating in Medicare or Medicaid must now have a corporate compliance program in place. Medicare is seeking transparency, quality, and accountability from healthcare providers.

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RWJF Launches Nest Phase of Flagship Initiative to Lift the Quality of American Healthcare

May 5, 2011 ‐ Brooke Schmidt

Princeton, New Jersey, May 5, 2011—The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation announced it will award grants of $1.3 million to 16 different healthcare collaboratives through its Aligning Forces for Quality initiative, continuing the foundation’s signature effort to improve the quality and value of U.S. healthcare.

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Cautious Patient Foundation Announces New Grants Program Aimed to Improve Patient Safety and Quality of Healthcare

April 18, 2011 ‐ Brooke Schmidt

Houston, Texas, April 18, 2011—The Cautious Patient Foundation (CPF), the outreach and educational arm of Patient Always First, a nonprofit organization committed to educating and empowering patients in the quest for quality health care, announced a new grants program to support initiatives that successfully move patients toward greater engagement in their personal or family healthcare process.

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Team Training in Obstetrics: Improving Care by Learning to Work Together

April 7, 2011 ‐ Brooke Schmidt

Team Training in Obstetrics: Improving Care by Learning to Work Together

By Diane W. Shannon, MD, MPH

Communication gaps and breakdowns are a significant cause of medical errors within the healthcare system. According to data collected by the Joint Commission (2005), communication gaps are the primary root cause of two thirds of sentinel events.