Susan Carr The results of a joint study by The Studer Group and the Center for
Patient and Professional Advocacy (CPPA) at Vanderbilt University
confirm that disruptive behavior pervades healthcare organizations and
contributes to staff turnover.
HHS Invites Public Comment on Prevention of Healthcare-Associated Infections The
U.S. Health and Human Services Steering Committee for the Prevention of
Healthcare-Associated Infections is soliciting input from the public as
it develops a strategy for reducing and preventing HAIs. As part of
that effort, it is convening a series of engagement meetings this
summer: Sat., July 25 in Denver; Thurs., July 30 in Chicago, and
Thurs., Aug. 27 in Seattle. READ MORE
Dr. Blumenthal Presents ONC Vision at HIT Symposium
By Jeffrey Scott
Healthcare
reform is getting a mind-bending boost from the American Recovery and
Reinvestment Act, with as much as $46 billion being directed toward
Health Information Technology. Managing this effort is the Office of
the National Coordinator for HIT, Dept. of Health and Human Services,
or ‘ONC’ for short. The ONC is spoken of in hushed tones, befitting an
organization with such enormous impact, so I was especially interested
to hear its Director, Dr. David Blumenthal, speak at the recent HIT
Symposium at MIT (June 30 – July 2).
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Safeguards Fail to Protect VA Patients
from Surgeon’s Errors By Susan Carr
In a page-one story on Sun., June 21, The New York Times
reported that significant errors persisted for more than six years at a
brachytherapy program at the Veterans’ Medical Center in Philadelphia
despite investigation. The Times reports that Dr. Gary D. Kao
implanted radioactive seeds incorrectly on repeated occasions as he
treated patients with prostate cancer.
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Share Your Light Susan CarrIn this first posting to the PSQH blog, I invite readers to contribute suggestions and essays to what I expect to be a lively forum of news and ideas about safety and quality improvement. When we launched PSQH in late 2004, we wanted the magazine to provide more than a one-way transmission of information, and now the Internet offers some of the best vehicles for that kind of exchange. READ MORE
HITECH Interoperetta Goes Viral Susan Carr
For comic inspiration and musical bravura in the HIT space, nothing beats Dr. Ross D. Martin’s Interoperetta in Three Acts, an appreciation of HITSP, CCHIT, AHIC and more.READ MORE
The MRI Safety Gap Tobias Gilk In healthcare, particularly in patient safety, there is a cultural predisposition towards excellence. There's a fundamental desire to create better, safer environments in support of care. That applies to staff qualifications, policies & procedures, medical technology, and — usually — standards for accreditation. READ MORE
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