IHI Awarded Federal Funding to Develop and Disseminate Innovations in Healthcare Delivery
Cambridge, Massachusetts, October 7, 2010—The U.S. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) has awarded a five-year Master Contract to the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) to help accelerate adoption of new models of health care delivery nationally. The contract is awarded through AHRQ’s Accelerating Change and Transformation in Organizations and Networks (ACTION) II initiative. … Continued
Adventist Health System Partners with Language Line Services to Bolster Language Access for Limited English Speaking Patients
Trauma Surgeon Develops Multidisciplinary Protocol to Eliminate Ventilator-associated Pneumonia
Medical Simulation Corporation Signs Agreement With a Nationally Ranked Hospital
Healthcare Reform and Increased Patient Needs Require Transformation of Nursing Profession
Nurses’ roles, responsibilities, and education should change significantly to meet the increased demand for care that will be created by health care reform and to advance improvements in America’s increasingly complex health system, says a new report from the Institute of Medicine.
Standard Register Poised to Make Impact in UK with Patient ID Bands
P.U.R.E. Conversations in Obstetrics
Raising SBAR to a Higher Level
P.U.R.E. Conversations in Obstetrics
Despite a widespread effort to improve patient safety in obstetrics, injuries still occur. These injuries can be devastating both to families who sustain them and to the caregivers involved in the actual event.
Prospective Risk Management
Prospective Risk Management
Analysis, Evaluation, and Control
The philosophy and requirements of ISO 14971 can be applied more broadly within the healthcare setting.
In medical device design and regulation, risk management has been embodied in the ISO 14971 standard: Medical Devices—Application of risk management to medical devices.Automated Informed Consent
Automated Informed Consent
Patients and Institutions Benefit Alike
The process of obtaining informed consent from patients prior to providing certain medical services has evolved gradually over the years.
Inside the AHA’s Product Endorsement Process
Inside the AHA’s Product Endorsement Process
Without a doubt, 2010 has proven to be one of the most dynamic years that the healthcare field has seen to date—and more changes are just around the corner. Healthcare reform is shaking up the field, impacting everyone from doctors and patients to hospitals, healthcare facilities, and medical technology vendors.