Cerner Signs DoseEdge Strategic Reseller Agreement with Baxa
PULSE: Ilene Corina Receives MITSS HOPE Award at 9th Annual Dinner
PULSE: Ilene Corina Receives MITSS HOPE Award at 9th Annual Dinner
More than 400 healthcare, business, and community leaders, as well as patients and family members, gathered to celebrate the MITSS 9th Annual Dinner and Fundraiser November 4th in Boston, Mass.
The Leapfrog CPOE Evaluation Tool
The Leapfrog CPOE Evaluation Tool: One Academic Medical Center’s Experience
A large proportion of medication errors occur at the prescribing phase. Computerized provider order entry (CPOE) offers a possible means by which to avoid these potentially harmful mistakes through implementation of electronic ordering and clinical decision support software (Kuperman, et al., 2007).
New Collaboration Brings Risk Management Education to Healthcare Executives
Pulse: Cleveland Clinic Receives $10M Gift to Establish First-of-Its-Kind Samson Global Leadership Academy for Healthcare Executives
Pulse:
Cleveland Clinic has received a $10 million gift to launch a unique and comprehensive executive education program that will provide opportunities for emerging leaders from all fields to learn from experienced peers.
2011 NPSF Patient Safety Congress Call for Speaker Abstracts
Widely respected for innovation and educational excellence, the annual NPSF Patient Safety Congress delivers meaningful and high-value programs designed to support critical patient safety initiatives from the board room to the C-suite to the front lines of care.
B. Braun Customers Gain Premier Access to Zynx Health Device Network’s Evidence-based, Customizable Drug Library Program
B. Braun Medical Inc. (B. Braun) “smart” pumps (www.smartpumps.bbraunusa.com/news) will become even smarter when customers gain premier access to customized, evidence-based drug libraries provided by the Zynx Health Device Network’s Prime-A-Pump®, a web-based, customizable program for creating and updating drug libraries.
First, Protect the Patient from Harm
First, Protect the Patient from Harm
Applying Adult Learning Principles to Patient Safety
“First, do no harm.” Today, unlike in the time of Hippocrates, evidence of harm may not become immediately obvious during healthcare interventions. For example, a lapse in attention while inserting a central line may result in a blood stream infection that becomes apparent days later.
ASQ Healthcare Conference Seeks Presenters
Healthcare organizations from around the globe are invited to share their models of quality improvement at the upcoming 2011 Quality Institute for Healthcare (QIHC) Conference, May 16-18 at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center in Pittsburgh, Pa.