A Culture of Safety at the CDC
I had the radio on as I drove to the market, but I wasn’t really listening until I heard “It’s very important to have a culture of safety that says, if you’ve got a problem, talk about it.” I didn’t recall ever having heard the phrase “culture of safety” outside of safety improvement circles.
How Questcor’s Disclosure on Acthar Side Effects is Game Changing
AdverseEvents’ primary customers are health plans, PBMs, health systems, and hospitals. We provide these healthcare decision makers with important insight on drug safety concerns that were not revealed during clinical trials and are not being communicated by the manufacturer.
What Does New CMS Guidance on Monitoring Post-operative Patients Receiving Opioids Mean for Hospital Practice?
New guidance from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recommends monitoring of patients receiving opioids.
Welch Allyn Expands Connex Vital Signs Monitor to Improve Bedside Patient Safety
Welch Allyn, a medical diagnostic device company, has announced a new scoring app for its Connex® Vital Signs Monitor (VSM).
Reduce Readmissions to Lower Healthcare Costs: ASQ Survey
Reducing hospital readmissions should be the top priority to help healthcare organizations lower costs, according to new poll of U.S. healthcare quality improvement professionals conducted by ASQ, the world’s largest network of quality resources and experts.
St. Joseph Mercy Ann Arbor Expands Use of LiveData Technology to Improve Patient Safety
St. Joseph Mercy Ann Arbor is expanding its deployment of LiveData PeriOp Manager patient safety and operational intelligence solution to 10 new operating rooms.
Infirmary Health Achieves Rapid Physician Adoption of its EHR Using Nuance Cloud-Based Speech Recognition
Nuance Communications, Inc., has announced that Infirmary Health has achieved rapid success deploying Nuance clinical speech recognition technology embedded within Epic’s apps, which simplifies how physicians enter clinical information on mobile devices.
AAMI, ECRI Institute Report Guides Senior Executives on Meeting Key Healthcare Technology Safety Challenges
The Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation (AAMI) and ECRI Institute have joined forces in a first-of-its kind effort to help medical device and healthcare delivery executives identify and monitor trends related to technology safety issues.
Baptist Health Becomes World’s First Health System to Adopt Uniforms with Fluid-Repelling, Antimicrobial Textile Technology
Baptist Health will become the first health system to widely adopt specialized staff garments featuring Vestex® textile technology, which has been demonstrated to repel fluids and minimize the risk of transmission of organisms.
Care Coordination & The ACO Model: Filling the Gap with Real-Time Home Care Data
In this age of dueling pressures—to reduce healthcare costs and improve quality of care—a critical question remains: how can Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) deliver on the promise of providing high-value, high-quality care?