Young Physicians Patient Safety Award Winners Announced
The Doctors Company Foundation, in partnership with the Lucian Leape Institute at the National Patient Safety Foundation (NPSF), has announced this year’s winners of The Doctors Company Foundation Young Physicians Patient Safety Awards, which recognize young physicians for their deep personal insight into the significance of patient safety work.
NPSF Announces Recipients of 2013 Stand Up for Patient Safety Management Award
The National Patient Safety Foundation (NPSF) has announced the winners of the 2013 Stand Up For Patient Safety Management Award. The award for a hospital-based project will go to JPS Health Network of Fort Worth, Texas. The award for ambulatory care will be given to the 97th Medical Group, Altus AFB, in Altus, Oklahoma.
Collaboration Designed to Improve Care Transitions, Reduce Readmission in Rural Areas
Frontier Medicine Better Health Partnership (FMBHP) and Vree Health – a wholly owned subsidiary of Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp. focused on technology-enabled services designed to improve the reach, cost-efficiency and effectiveness of healthcare – has announced a collaboration designed to improve care transitions and reduce hospital readmission rates for patients in rural areas.
California Hospitals Launch Statewide Quality Institute, Hire CEO to Lead Patient Safety Efforts
A new not-for-profit, statewide organization aimed at strengthening hospital-based patient safety and quality improvement activities has been launched by the California Hospital Association (CHA) and the three affiliated Regional Associations.
Diagnostic Errors More Common, Costly, and Harmful Than Treatment Mistakes
In reviewing 25 years of U.S. malpractice claim payouts, Johns Hopkins researchers found that diagnostic errors — not surgical mistakes or medication overdoses — accounted for the largest fraction of claims, the most severe patient harm, and the highest total of penalty payouts. Diagnosis-related payments amounted to $38.8 billion between 1986 and 2010, they found.
Bright Spots in a Dark Week
Normally, it doesn’t matter much where I’m from. But, last week, being a long-time resident of the Boston area suddenly came to the forefront. Though I was not ordered to “stay safe at home,” I did and found it hard to concentrate on anything other than news of the Boston Marathon bombings and related manhunt. In the outpouring of information, Boston’s medical community and related media outlets provided some of the best reporting, with news and reflection of lasting value.
SimSuite Sepsis Quality Initiative Program Complies with International Guidelines
Medical Simulation Corporation (MSC) has releases an updated version of the SimSuite Sepsis Quality Initiative Program that aligns with the Surviving Sepsis Campaign International Guidelines for Management of Severe Sepsis and Septic Shock 2012 Guidelines released earlier this year at the 2013 Society for Critical Care Medicine Annual Congress.
Bates County Memorial Hospital Joins Missouri Health Connection As Early Adopter
Missouri Health Connection (MHC) has announced that Bates County Memorial Hospital has signed up as the newest participant of Missouri’s statewide health information network (HIN).
IRadimed Corporation Awarded HealthTrust Purchasing Group Contract for its MRidium MRI Infusion Pump System
HealthTrust Purchasing Group (HealthTrust), one of the largest health care supply contracting companies in the United States, has awarded IRadimed Corporation a contract for its MRidium™ MRI Infusion Pump Systems.
KBCore “Purple Button” Evaluation System Helps Meet ACA Reporting Requirements
As states continue to build health insurance exchanges (HIXs) for use by the Jan. 1, 2014, deadline set forth in the Affordable Care Act (ACA), there is another aspect of the ACA that has received little attention – the requirement that by Jan. 1, 2015, HIXs cannot contract with a hospital of 50 beds or more unless that hospital has a patient safety evaluation system and reports data to a patient safety organization (PSO).