Johns Hopkins Patient Safety Expert Peter Pronovost Earns Dual National Honors
Peter Pronovost, M.D., Ph.D., F.C.C.M., a world-renowned patient safety champion who’s devoted his career to making hospitals and health care safer for patients by reducing medical errors and avoidable harm, is the recipient of two national honors.
International ACS NSQIP Scholarships 2012
The American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program (ACS NSQIP) offers International ACS NSQIP Scholarships for two surgeons from countries other than the United States or Canada who demonstrate strong interests in surgical quality improvement.
NQF Endorses All-Cause Unplanned Readmissions Measures
The National Quality Forum (NQF) Board of Directors has endorsed two measures that address all-cause unplanned readmissions in hospitals – an area of healthcare targeted for improvement given national imperatives to make healthcare safer, more affordable, and keep people healthy.
50,000 Physicians Now on Doximity Medical Network
In the year since its launch, Doximity has grown to over 50,000 active physicians and is now used by 9% of all doctors in the United States. In that time, Doximity has also facilitated more than one million connections between doctors— affecting the care of tens of millions of American patients. In reaching this milestone, Doximity has established itself as the largest and fastest-growing professional network for physicians online.
Doximity uniquely provides a HIPAA-compliant platform where physicians use their real name and verified credentials to establish and share their professional expertise.
Physicians, Hospitals, Health Groups Announce Initiative to Improve the Medical Liability Environment in Massachusetts
Led by the Massachusetts Medical Society, six health care organizations announced on April 18, 2012, the start of a major initiative to improve the medical liability system in the Commonwealth.
The new alliance has launched its effort with the release of a Roadmap to Reform, an alternative approach to medical liability intended to improve patient safety, increase transparency, reduce litigation, and cut costs to the health care system, and with the announcement that seven hospitals will participate in a pilot program this year to implement the reforms.
Health Literacy Innovations Offers Scholarships to IHA Conference
Joslin Diabetes Center Partners with Phytel on CME Research Project
Phytel, the leader in physician-led population health improvement, and the Joslin Diabetes Center, a Harvard Medical School affiliate in the forefront of the fight against diabetes, recently announced their collaboration on a landmark research initiative to compare the accuracy and predictive value of current assessment methodologies for continuing medical education (CME) programs. The results will be used to inform ongoing efforts to improve diabetes care.