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Online Patient Networks: How Online Patient – Networks Can Enhance Quality and Reduce Errors

October 1, 2004 ‐ Leslie Proctor

The late Eva Salber, MD, a pioneer of community-based healthcare, noted in 1981 that people with medical problems consult other resources before approaching professionals and that the majority of illnesses are never brought to a health professional at all.

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Proceedings from the Quality Colloquium At Harvard University

October 1, 2004 ‐ Leslie Proctor

It has been five years since the release of the first Institute of Medicine Report on medical errors, To Err Is Human: Building a Safer Health System, and interest in patient safety and quality healthcare continues to grow.

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P4P Contracting: Bold Leaps or Baby Steps?

October 1, 2004 ‐ Leslie Proctor

The phenomenon of pay for performance (P4P) in provider payment is taking American healthcare by storm. The Bridges to Excellence (BTE) mission statement reflects the common impetus for these programs…

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Editor’s Notebook: New Advisors Broaden Board’s Focus

October 1, 2004 ‐ Leslie Proctor

In Patient Safety and Quality Healthcare (PSQH), we intend to reflect as many aspects of the patient safety movement as possible. Four industry experts recently appointed to the Editorial Advisory Board do exactly that, bringing a wide range of training and experience to PSQH.

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Viewpoint: Electronic Records, Patient Confidentiality, and the Impact of HIPAA

October 1, 2004 ‐ Leslie Proctor

Healthcare providers need quick access to patient medical information whenever and wherever patients present for care.

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Consumers as Partners – Consumers and the Patient Safety Movement: Past and Future, Here and There

October 1, 2004 ‐ Leslie Proctor

November 30, 2004, marks the fifth anniversary of the Institute of Medicine’s (IOM) landmark report, To Err Is Human, prompting policymakers, media, and other stakeholders to assess progress and revisit goals…

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Patient Safety: Ethical Considerations in Policy Development

October 1, 2004 ‐ Leslie Proctor

The Hastings Center has convened several major interdisciplinary research projects on patient safety and quality improvement (QI), including Promoting Patient Safety: An Ethical Basis for Policy Deliberation (2000-03),…

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Technology & Quality – Continuity of Care Record: Foundation for Quality

October 1, 2004 ‐ Leslie Proctor

Effective clinical decision-making relies upon easy access to accurate, up-to-date clinical information on patients. Although hospitals and other providers currently emphasize new information technologies such as computerized physician order entry and physician portals…

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Public Policy – View from the Hill: Patient Safety and the 108th Congress

October 1, 2004 ‐ Leslie Proctor

I remember one of my first boyhood visits to Washington, D.C., in the 1960s, with my grandfather, the late state Representative Lawrence H. Roberts (R-CT). On one such visit, Grandpa Roberts told me that when French architect Pierre L’Enfant…

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Computerized Physician Order Entry: CPOE at a Community Hospital Online Charting Goes Live

October 1, 2004 ‐ Leslie Proctor

Huntington Hospital, a 525-bed not-for-profit tertiary care community hospital, was established in Pasadena, California, in 1892; its mission is simply to excel at the delivery of healthcare to its community.

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