MAeHC Participates in Successful Massachusetts HIWay Kick-Off
The Massachusetts eHealth Collaborative (MAeHC), a non-profit pioneer and leader in healthcare delivery through health information technology, announced it participated in the official launch of the statewide healthcare information exchange, known as the Massachusetts Health Information Highway (HIway).
New AHRQ Tool Assesses Patient Safety Culture in Pharmacies
AHRQ has released the Pharmacy Survey on Patient Safety Culture and a free toolkit of materials that helps community pharmacies assess their culture of patient safety.
Provider Perspectives on Patient Safety: Join the Discussion
EPMG Assists Families Experiencing Unexpected Death or Outcomes
Emergency Physicians Medical Group’s (EPMG) Next Step Program has been nationally recognized as an innovation designed to reach out to patients and their family members in a very unique way.
NPSF Announces 15th Annual Patient Safety Congress
Report Cites Health Care Integration as a National Priority for Improving Patient Safety
The Lucian Leape Institute at the National Patient Safety Foundation today released a report on care integration that highlights the issue as a national priority for improving patient safety and the efficiency of the US health care system. Order from Chaos: Accelerating Care Integration is the result of a Leape Institute Roundtable that brought together leading experts in the fields of patient safety and health system improvement.
Donald Berwick Receives Institute of Medicine’s 2012 Lienhard Award
The Institute of Medicine recently presented the 2012 Gustav O. Lienhard Award to Donald M. Berwick, a physician whose work has catalyzed a national movement to improve health care quality and safety.
ArborMetrix’s Registry Solution Enhances Quality, Lower Cost of Surgical Care
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.
Radisphere Partnership Provides Quality, Lower Cost Radiology Services
National Patient Safety Foundation Announces Leadership Transition
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.