Clinical Analytics
Clinical Analytics
EMR Implementation Is an Opportunity, Not a Guarantee
As hospital IT leaders consider how to address meaningful use of electronic medical records (EMR) within their own organizations, they should see the next generation of EMRs as an opportunity to take arms against avoidable medical errors, improve the level of personalized medicine, and reduce hospital readmissions to boost quality scores.
Diagnostic Radiology
Diagnostic Radiology
Critical Communication: Improving Patient Safety
The written diagnostic imaging report is the key method of communication between radiologists and referring clinicians. However, the radiology report is valuable not only for its contents, but also for the timeliness of delivery given the important subject matter of radiologic results, including, in some cases, critical findings.
ISMP: Oops, Sorry, Wrong Patient!
ISMP
Oops, Sorry, Wrong Patient!
Applying the JCAHO “two-identifier” rule beyond the patient’s room
When we think of “wrong patient” errors, the most common scenario that comes to mind is a nurse walking into a patient’s room and administering medications intended for one patient to another patient — often a roommate. However, “wrong patient” errors occur in a variety of ways.
Health & IT Quality: Failure Is Not an Option
Health & IT Quality
Failure Is Not an Option
Healthcare could learn much from Gene Kranz. A recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom along with other mission scientists and crew, Kranz led his Tiger Team of experts at NASA in its successful effort to bring three astronauts on a perilous 500,000 mile journey around the moon and back home to Earth.
Editor’s Notebook
Editor’s Notebook
The Lowest and Best Common Denominator
Interoperability is a buzzword with legs. At the moment, it’s everywhere, including on the cover of this issue of PSQH.
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan and 22 Michigan Trauma Centers Partner Launch Statewide Trauma Quality Care Initiative
Detroit, February 11, 2011—Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan, Blue Care Network, and 22 trauma centers throughout the state, in partnership with the American College of Surgeons, are launching an initiative aimed at improving quality and safety of care provided in Michigan’s trauma centers.
Study Finds Radio Frequency Technology Highly Effective in Preventing Retained Surgical Items in Bariatric Procedures
Bellevue, Washington, February 10, 2011—RF Surgical Systems, Inc., the market leader in the prevention and detection of retained surgical sponges, announced the first published data on the power of radio frequency technology to identify retained surgical items in all patient types.
GE Listed as National Patient Safety Organization by HHS, AHRQ
AllMed Introduces New ROI Model for External Peer Review
McKesson Partners with Regional Extension Centers to Drive EHR Adoption at Primary Care Practices
Atlanta, February 9, 2011—McKesson announced that it is teaming with regional extension centers (RECs) nationwide to help thousands of physicians become meaningful users of electronic health record (EHR) technology.