The American Hospital Association Continues its Endorsement of Versus RTLS for Patient Flow
New Bed Designed to Reduce Patient-Lift-Related Injuries
Protect Mothers and Babies from Unnecessary Harm
Washington, D.C., January 26, 2011—Virginia Business Coalition on Health joins the employer-driven hospital quality watchdog, The Leapfrog Group, in issuing a Call to Action in response to new data finding that thousands of babies are electively scheduled for delivery too early, resulting in a higher likelihood of death, being admitted to a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU), and life-long health problems.
ASTRO Reaffirms Commitment to Quality, Issues Progress Report on Patient Safety Plan
Fairfax, Virginia, January 26, 2011—The American Society for Radiation Oncology is continuing its commitment to Target Safely, a six-point patient protection plan developed in January 2010, to improve the safety and quality of radiation therapy treatments and reduce the chances of medical errors.
Membership Now Open for the First and Only Individual Membership Program for Patient Safety Field
Pilot Validates RTLS, Dana-Farber Selects Versus for Yawkey Cancer Center
Covisint, a Compuware Company, Wins New Business from Vermont Blueprint for Health
Merge Healthcare Deploys New Imaging Interoperability Solution at UMass Memorial Health Care
What’s in a Name?
As an editor, I expect to pay more attention than most people do to word choice. Whether I’m talking to others or myself, composing emails, editing manuscripts, writing for print or the web, or squeezing maximum value out of my 140 characters on Twitter, I’m constantly searching for the right words.