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Editor's Notes
The Jan/Feb issue of Patient Safety & Quality Healthcare will feature articles on safe practices for heparin, workplace violence in the ED, quality reporting through a data warehouse, effective implementation of EMRs, health information exchange, Six Sigma, and PSOs. The print and digital versions will be available by mid-Jan.

The application deadline for ASQ Healthcare Division's Nightingale Scholarship is January 31.

Link: http://www.asq.org/health/scholarship/index.html

Conference News
See the online calendar for new listings:

• Feb 3-4: Human Error Prevention, Atlanta
• Feb. 10: Translation Strategies Colloquium, Los Angeles
• March 3-5: Collaborative Practice Summit, San Antonio, TX
• May 6-8: The unSummit for Bedside Barcoding, Tampa, FL

Current News

• The Joint Commission issues Sentinel Event Alert on technology-related errors.
  
  
• The Dept. of Defense launches a personal health record pilot program.
  
  
• IOM proposes revisions to medical residents' work hours.
  
  
• Poudre Valley Health System in Fort Collins, CO, receives Baldrige National Quality Award.
  
  
• Hospitalists deliver improved patient outcomes in recent study.
  
  
• CITL projects significant savings for U.S. from use of personal health records.
  
  

• Carondelet St. Mary's Hospital in Tucson implements Amelior EDTracker® patient and asset tracking system from PCTS.
  
  
• USP transitions MEDMARX to Quantros and the MER program to ISMP.
  
  
• Physician Group Medical Centers deploy EMR with help from ITelagen.
  
  
• The Verizon Foundation supports Connected Health Diabetes Program with grant.
  
  
• Avatar International launches patient satisfaction program for Southcentral Foundation of Anchorage.
  
  

Product News

• ActiveHealth Management includes FDA Safety Alerts in clinical decision support.
  
  
• Eclipsys showcases medication safety and efficiency at ASHP.
  
  
• Cardinal Health launches Pyxis® Medstation® 4000.
  
  
• Rome Memorial Hospital uses Germ Pro products to reduce c. difficile infections.
  
  
• B. Braun announces DoseTrac™ Infusion Management Software.
  
  
• Siemens Healthcare introduces web-based Clinical IT for Academics.
  
  
• ASQ offers new edition of ISO 9001.
  

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