Implementation of Program for Operating Room Staff that Emphasizes Teamwork Associated with Reductions in Surgical Deaths
Hospitals that had operating room personnel participate in a medical team training program that incorporates practices of aviation crews, such as training in teamwork and communication, had a lower rate of surgical deaths compared to hospitals that did not participate in the program, according to a study in the October 20 issue of JAMA.
Minimize Harm for All
As much as we’d like to think that we can “get to zero” for all recurring medical errors, mistakes and adverse events will be part of medicine for the foreseeable future. In addition to working on prevention and mitigation of harm, clinicians and healthcare organizations should work on planning for the inevitable, in order to minimize harm and promote healing.
CAPS Joins the Fight Against Medication Errors
Medication errors are one of the most widespread and preventable causes of harm in modern healthcare. Now Consumers Advancing Patient Safety (CAPS) and more than a dozen other leaders in the field are teaming up to promote best practices to prevent them.
Univita Health Introduces New Independent Aging Program at Health 2.0
New Anvita Insight 4.0 Clinical Analytics Engine Drives Better Patient Care
New Collaboration Brings Risk Management Education to Healthcare Executives
Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital Plans to Expand Bar Code Scanning to Blood Product Administration
Bloodstream Infection Surveillance Inconsistent Between Institutions, U-M Study Shows
Adventist Health System Partners with Language Line Services to Bolster Language Access for Limited English Speaking Patients
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