Dr. Christine Cassel Named New President and CEO of National Quality Forum
The National Quality Forum Board of Directors has unanimously named Dr. Christine K. Cassel as its new president and chief executive officer. Dr. Cassel will begin her position at NQF effective mid-summer 2013.
15th Annual Cheers Awards Recipients Announced
The Institute for Safe Medication Practices (ISMP) recently announced its 15th Annual Cheers Awards winners. The Cheers Awards honor individuals, organizations, and companies that have set a standard of excellence for others to follow in the prevention of medication errors and adverse drug events.
AHIMA Presents University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics with Inaugural Grace Award
The University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics is being honored for its innovative approach to health information management by the American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA) by winning AHIMA’s first Grace Award.
ACPE Seeks Applicants for 2013 Leape Ahead Award
The American College of Physician Executives (ACPE) is seeking applications from medical schools, teaching hospitals and academic medical centers for the 2013 ACPE Leape Ahead Award.
Call for Nominations: 2012 MITSS HOPE Award
The MITSS HOPE Award recognizes people – patients, families, healthcare providers, hospitals (or teams or departments therein), academic institutions, community health centers, grass roots organizations, EAP Programs, etc. – who exemplify the mission of MITSS: Supporting Healing and Restoring Hope to patients, families, and clinicians impacted by adverse medical events, medical errors, or unexpected outcomes.
WorldOne Acquires Sermo
WorldOne, the global leader in healthcare insights and intelligence, has acquired Sermo, the largest online community of U.S. physicians. In the six years since its launch, Sermo amassed a membership of 130,000 physicians and hundreds of clients, including eight of the top ten pharmaceutical companies in the world.
Commonwealth Fund Names Next President
Shared Decision Making at Point of Care White Paper Released
Phoenix-area Hospitals Choose HMS for EHR, Emergency Department and Meaningful Use Expertise
Gilbert Hospital and Florence Hospital at Anthem, both southeast of Phoenix, have chosen the comprehensive electronic health record (EHR) from Healthcare Management Systems Inc.(HMS) to support rapid growth plans and help enhance quality of care while preparing its hospitals for meaningful use attestation.
Healthcare CEOs Develop Checklist to Save Lives and Money
Collaborating under the auspices of the Institute of Medicine (IOM), CEOs and senior executives from eleven leading hospitals and health systems have developed a comprehensive checklist to promote high-value health care—care that delivers better results at reduced cost.
Released today, the CEO Checklist for High-Value Health Care is a Discussion Paper from the Institute of Medicine in which the authors present a Checklist of ten strategies that have proven effective in reducing waste and improving outcomes. The Checklist is available online at www.iom.edu/CEOChecklist.