New Lucian Leape Institute Report Finds that U.S. Medical Schools are Falling Short in Teaching Physicians How to Provide Safe Patient Care
The Lucian Leape Institute at the National Patient Safety Foundation
released a report that finds that U.S. “medical schools are not doing
an adequate job of facilitating student understanding of basic
knowledge and the development of skills required for the provision of
safe patient care.”
Parrish Medical Center Sees 30 Percent Improvement in Mortality Using Real-Time Clinical Surveillance Solution from Thomson Reuters
Parrish Medical Center, a 210-bed community hospital in Titusville,
Florida, has reduced mortality by 30.8 percent using the Clinical
Xpert™ CareFocus solution from Thomson Reuters. That equates to more
than 60 lives saved annually.
ASTRO Offers Radiation Safety Questions for Patients
The American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) has published a
list of radiation safety questions for cancer patients and their
caregivers to ask their doctor about the quality assurance protocols of
their radiation therapy treatments.
Housekeepers, Transporters May ‘Inadvertently’ Spread Hospital Infection
One cause of the rampant international hospital-infection epidemic may
be the “inadvertent exposure” of hospital housekeepers and transporters
to antibiotic-resistant “Superbugs” such as MRSA, saysTeleTracking
Technologies CEO Anthony Sanzo.
Tracking and Sharing Observations from Daily Life Could Transform Chronic Care Management
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) named five teams selected for
an innovative program to explore how patient-recorded observations of
daily living (ODLs) can be captured and integrated into clinical care.
New technologies make it possible to
gather information from the flow of people’s lives.
Health Language Introduces Affordable, Robust Web-based Terminologies and Management Tools
Health Language, Inc. (HLI), the global leader in medical terminology
management, has launched the Language Engine Access Portal (LEAP),
which enables Web access to terminologies, code sets and management
tools. The portal will allow hospitals, physician practices and their
vendors to easily locate, download, update and extend terminologies
without installing a separate application.
Patient Safety Authority Analysis Reveals High Number of Dosing Errors with Insulin Products
Analysis of data related to insulin medication errors and a local
hospital’s success in reducing hospital readmission costs are
highlighted in quarterly journal.
3M and Patient Care Technology Systems Collaborate on State-of-the-Art Automated Hand Hygiene Solution to Improve Compliance
3M and Patient Care Technology Systems (PCTS), a subsidiary of
Consulier Engineering, Inc., have
signed an agreement to bring a state-of-the-art automated hand hygiene
compliance solution to healthcare customers globally.
Capsule’s Connectivity Solution to Automatically Deliver Patient Data from Stryker Smart Beds into EMRs
Capsule, the leading provider of medical device
connectivity, has entered into a partnership with
Stryker’s Medical division to connect patient data from Stryker smart
beds directly into hospital Electronic Medical Records (EMR).
Eclipsys and Microsoft Form Strategic Alliance to Make Enterprise Health IT More Open and Powerful
Eclipsys Corp.® and Microsoft Corp. have
signed an alliance agreement to deliver the choice and flexibility that
hospitals need and want to improve health information technology (HIT)
efficiencies.