Patient Safety and Quality Healthcare

January / February 2005

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Patient Safety and Quality Healthcare Features

PACS and Patient Safety: How PACS Addresses Patient Safety Across the Hospital Enterprise
Matt Long

CPOE at a Community Hospital: Beyond the Hospital Walls
Maggie Lohnes, RN, CPHIMS, FHIMSS

Patient Safety Simulations: Driver of Cross-functional Collaboration
Adam Welsh, BSc, MBA; Mark Frost, BS, MS; Nicole Weepie, BA, MA

Virtual Longitudinal Electronic Health Records: An Approach to Quality Improvement
Lindsy E. Strait, BA, MS

Proceedings from the Quality Colloquium at Harvard University: • Introduction; • Partnering with Suppliers
to Improve Patient Safety
Charles R. Denham, M.D.; • Patient Safety in American Hospitals: The Consumer Has a Right to Know
Samantha Collier, MD, MBA; • One Piece of the Patient Safety Puzzle: Advantages of the Six Sigma Approach
Carolyn Pexton

Columns

Editor's Notebook
Susan Carr

Consumers as Partners
Linda K. Kenney; Rick A. van Pelt, MD, MBA

Culture of Safety
Barbara J. Youngberg, BSN, MSW, JD, FASHRM

Technology and Quality
Barry P. Chaiken, MD, MPH

100K Lives
Institute of Healthcare Improvement

Viewpoint
Randall S. Moore, MD, MBA

View From the Hill
Dave Roberts, MPA, FHIMSS

Departments

Pulse
News items from sources worldwide

Trends
New products and services

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