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ArborMetrix’s Registry Solution Enhances Quality, Lower Cost of Surgical Care

October 16, 2012 ‐ Brooke Schmidt

The Michigan Bariatric Surgery Collaborative (MBSC) and the Michigan Surgical Quality Collaborative (MSQC) have selected ArborMetrix, a provider of real-time, cloud-based analytics solutions for acute and specialty care, to help accelerate their surgical care quality improvement efforts.

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Radisphere Partnership Provides Quality, Lower Cost Radiology Services

October 16, 2012 ‐ Brooke Schmidt

Radisphere, the largest and fastest-growing national radiology group in the United States, has partnered with the National Rural Health Association (NRHA) to bring high quality, lower cost radiology services to the rural hospital community.

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National Patient Safety Foundation Announces Leadership Transition

October 15, 2012 ‐ Brooke Schmidt

The National Patient Safety Foundation (NPSF) has announced that Diane C. Pinakiewicz, MBA, CPPS will be leaving her position as president of NPSF, effective November 12, 2012.

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ASHRM Launches Serious Safety Events White Paper

October 11, 2012 ‐ Brooke Schmidt

In conjunction with the ASHRM 2012 theme of Getting to Zero™, ASHRM released the first in a series of white papers on Serious Safety Events (SSEs).

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ThedaCare Selects Phytel to Strengthen Its Patient Engagement Process

October 11, 2012 ‐ Brooke Schmidt

ThedaCare Physicians, the clinic division of the ThedaCare healthcare system, has agreed to use Phytel to help the organization manage population health and secure National Committee for Quality Assurance recognition of its patient-centered medical homes. NCQA provides automatic credit to providers who deploy Phytel to meet certain elements of the medical home requirements.

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Tools Available to Improve Safety of Patients with Limited English Proficiency

October 11, 2012 ‐ Brooke Schmidt

The new TeamSTEPPS Limited English Proficiency module and accompanying guide, “Improving Patient Safety Systems for Patients with Limited English Proficiency: A Hospital Guide,” are now available.

Medication Safety

Pharmacies Across the Country Urged to Adopt “Patient-Centered” Labels

October 9, 2012 ‐ Brooke Schmidt

With medication misuse resulting in more than one million adverse drug events per year in the United States, new standards have been released by the U.S. Pharmacopeial Convention (USP) that for the first time provide a universal approach to the format, appearance, content and language of instructions for medicines in containers dispensed by pharmacists.

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Call for Letters of Intent to Conduct Research in Patient Safety

September 25, 2012 ‐ Brooke Schmidt

The National Patient Safety Foundation’s Research Grants Program seeks to stimulate new, innovative projects directed toward enhancing patient safety in the United States. The program’s objective is to promote studies leading to the prevention of human errors, system errors, patient injuries and the consequences of such adverse events in the health care setting.

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NorthShore University HealthSystem and Mayo Clinic to Collaborate

September 25, 2012 ‐ Brooke Schmidt

NorthShore University HealthSystem (NorthShore) and Mayo Clinic have announced NorthShore as a member of the Mayo Clinic Care Network. This collaboration, the only one of its kind in the Chicago region, will provide NorthShore patients with access to medical resources and experts from both systems working together on their behalf. The agreement formalizes a long-standing relationship between the two institutions.

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INTEGRIS Health’s Palm Scanner Increases Patient Safety

September 25, 2012 ‐ Brooke Schmidt

INTEGRIS Health is the first health care system in Oklahoma to use a new biometric palm scanner to both streamline the registration process and accurately identify patients.