ECRI Institute PSO Deep Dive™ Analyzes Medication Events
ECRI Institute PSO Deep Dive™ Analyzes Medication Events
With this issue, Patient Safety & Quality Healthcare (PSQH)
reaches its fifth anniversary, which prompts me to take a moment and
think about how much the world has changed and stayed the same in the
past five years. When we published the first issue, in July 2004, the
patient safety community was discussing how much progress—if any—had
been made since the IOM published To Err Is Human five years earlier, and now we are assessing progress made over the past 10 years.
Lean Transformation and Culture Change
The “Lean” approach to process improvement—derived from the Toyota Production System (TPS) developed by Taiichi Ohno and others in the 1950s, 60s and 70s—continues to establish a record of success with healthcare organizations.
Joint Commission Names Top Performing U.S. Hospitals
“Improving America’s Hospitals: The Joint Commission Annual Report on Quality and Safety 2012,” includes 620 hospitals that are leading the way nationally in using evidence-based care processes closely linked to positive patient outcomes. The hospitals identified as attaining and sustaining excellence in accountability performance in 2011 represent approximately 18 percent of Joint Commission-accredited hospitals reporting core measure performance data.
Call for Letters of Intent to Conduct Research in Patient Safety
IQMAX Offers Communication Suite for Smartphones and Tablets
Emergency Department Pearls Focus on Risk Management
NorthShore University HealthSystem and Mayo Clinic to Collaborate
INTEGRIS Health’s Palm Scanner Increases Patient Safety
Patient Safety Checklist Helps Address Opioid Warnings from TJC
On August 8, The Joint Commission issued a Sentinel Event Alert on the safe use of opioids in hospitals. The Alert discussed the significance of accurate pain assessment and effective pain management plans.
McKesson to Acquire MedVentive, Support “Better Health 2020”
McKesson will enter into a definitive agreement to acquire MedVentive, a leading provider of population and risk management tools that drive transparency in healthcare cost and quality. MedVentive’s solutions will augment McKesson’s capabilities and experience to support providers as they become clinically integrated, engage physicians and patients to reduce costs, and transition to risk-bearing models such as accountable care.