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Ethics Toolbox: Healthy Advice from the 4th Century BC

November 1, 2005 ‐ Leslie Proctor

Most of us think we know who Hippocrates was. Certainly no one disagrees with “not doing harm.” We want to do what we think is best for the patient, based on good science and consistent with the art.

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Editor’s Notebook: Swiss Cheese Model Applies to Publishing, Too

November 1, 2005 ‐ Leslie Proctor

Unfortunately, what I have learned about designing systems for safety didn’t protect this magazine from some nasty errors in the last issue.

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Procedings from the Quality Colloquim: Culture Improves Safety Reducing Adverse Drug Events

November 1, 2005 ‐ Leslie Proctor

OSF St. Joseph Medical Center began its journey to patient safety by focusing on reduction of adverse drug events (ADE). For help in this venture, the medical center became involved with the Institute for Healthcare Improvement’s (IHI) ADE Reduction Collaborative.

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Consumers as Partners: Including Consumers as Reporters to Learning Systems

November 1, 2005 ‐ Leslie Proctor

Enactment of the long-awaited Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Act raises a question we hate to have to ask: Why were patients left out?

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Compliance and Quality: What Patient Safety Officers Need to Know

November 1, 2005 ‐ Leslie Proctor

Following the publication of the Institute of Medicine Report, To Err Is Human, Building a Safer Health System (IOM), public awareness of the problem of medical errors resulted in several new patient safety initiatives by the federal government.

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Bed Utilization: New Roles Improve Bed Utilization

November 1, 2005 ‐ Leslie Proctor

Jackson Memorial Hospital (JMH) in Miami, Florida, is an accredited, non-profit, tertiary care hospital and the major teaching facility for the University of Miami’s Miller School of Medicine.

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AHRQ: Quality Initiatives Put Research into Action

November 1, 2005 ‐ Leslie Proctor

We are soon approaching the sixth anniversary of the landmark Institute of Medicine report, To Err Is Human, and I am very pleased to report that the healthcare system is making progress toward ensuring that it provides the safest, highest quality healthcare possible.

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