Massachusetts General Hospital Expands Use of LiveData PeriOp Manager with OR-Schedule Board
LiveData, Inc. has announced that Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) has expanded its deployment of LiveData PeriOp Manager™, adding LiveData OR-Schedule Board™ to its growing patient safety and operational intelligence deployments. A key module in LiveData PeriOp Manager, OR-Schedule Board provides a large-screen view of the day’s surgical cases, showing the real-time status of all rooms in … Continued
The Beryl Institute Opens Applications for 2015 Patient Experience Grant and Scholar Programs
Annual Programs Support Research Efforts to Improve the Patient Experience The Beryl Institute announces its sixth annual Patient Experience Grant Program and fourth annual Institute Scholar Program. In partnership with Patient Experience Institute, these offerings reinforce the commitment to help frame and expand the field of patient experience, develop leaders on the front lines and … Continued
Emergency Care Innovation Award of the Year
Application deadline is July 31, 2015. The Emergency Care Innovation of the Year Award is an annual competition sponsored by Urgent Matters, Blue Jay Consulting, and Schumacher Group. The award recognizes multidisciplinary emergency department-based teams who have implemented a process or strategy to improve patient, clinical, and operational outcomes and can demonstrate measureable assessment of … Continued
Dr. Gary Kaplan Named Chair of NPSF Lucian Leape Institute
The National Patient Safety Foundation’s Lucian Leape Institute has named Gary S. Kaplan, MD, FACP, FACMPE, FACPE, the next chairman of the Institute.
Extraordinary Nurses Honored by NPSF, DAISY Foundation
The National Patient Safety Foundation (NPSF) and the DAISY Foundation have announced the recipients of the National Patient Safety Foundation’s DAISY Award for Extraordinary Nurses.
2015 Stand Up for Patient Safety Management Award Winners Announced
The National Patient Safety Foundation (NPSF), a central voice for patient safety since 1997, has announced the recipients of the 2015 Stand Up For Patient Safety Management Awards.
New Guidance on Contact Precautions for Hospital Visitors
Leading infectious diseases experts have released new guidance for healthcare facilities looking to establish precautions for visitors of patients with infectious diseases.
Nominations Open for Gustav O. Lienhard Award
The Gustav O. Lienhard Award, established in 1986, is presented annually by the Institute of Medicine (IOM) in honor of Gustav O. Lienhard, chairman of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s Board of Trustees form 1971 to 1986.
Inspire Releases Experts by Experience 2015
Inspire has published “Experts by Experience 2015: A compilation of patients’ stories,” a special report developed in cooperation with Stanford Medicine.
Nominations Open for 2015 Schwartz Center National Compassionate Caregiver of the Year Award
The Schwartz Center for Compassionate Healthcare, the only national nonprofit dedicated to strengthening the human connection at the heart of healthcare, is accepting nominations for its prestigious Schwartz Center National Compassionate Caregiver of the Year (NCCY) Award.