EMP Forms Patient Safety Organization
Patient Safety Education Program Offers QRC-Enabled Posters
Kimberly-Clark and Safe Care Campaign team with CDC, The Joint Commission’s Speak UpTM Educational Campaign and the Patient Channel to provide consumer education.
Health 2.0 and ONC Announce Reporting Patient Safety Events Challenge
Health 2.0 and the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) today launched the Reporting Patient Safety Events Challenge, designed to spur development of platform-agnostic health information technology (HIT) tools to facilitate the reporting of medical errors in hospital and outpatient settings. The deadline to submit applications is August 31, 2012.
Vocera Introduces Patient Connect
Vocera Communications, Inc. introduced Vocera Patient Connect, a new multimedia discharge solution, at the AONE 45th Annual Meeting on March 22-23 in Boston. Vocera Patient Connect provides a patient-centric approach to communication that improves patient comprehension and compliance of discharge instructions, contributing to reduced readmissions.
Quick Response Code-Enabled Patient Safety Education Program Launched
Consumer Reports: Many Medical Implants Never Tested For Safety, Leaving Patients At Risk
A new investigation by Consumer Reports reveals that while tens of millions of American consumers live with medical devices implanted in their bodies, many of these implants have never been tested for safety and manufacturers are often required to do nothing more than file paperwork and pay a user fee before bringing their products to market.
2011 John M. Eisenberg Patient Safety and Quality Award Recipients Announced
Washington, D.C.—The National Quality Forum (NQF) and The Joint Commission announced the 2011 recipients of the annual John M. Eisenberg Patient Safety and Quality Awards. The awards will be presented on April 5, 2012 during a luncheon at the 2012 NQF Annual Conference and Membership Meeting in Washington, D.C.
Stories of Success
I have the pleasure of serving on the review board for Stories of Success, a program co-sponsored by HIMSS, ASQ, NCQA, and NPSF, which provides examples of health IT implementations that demonstrate safety and quality improvement in patient care.
GE Healthcare Initiates Evaluation Period for New Global Patient Safety Network
Barrington, Illinois—GE Healthcare Performance Solutions, a unit of GE Healthcare announced the launch of a 90-day evaluation for its Global Patient Safety Network (GPSN), an online community for hospitals to collaborate with peers around the world with the goal of improving patient safety.
Patient Safety and Health IT
Classen predicts IOM report will be ‘To Err Is Human’ for technology vendors.
Patient safety was one of many topics on the agenda at HIMSS12—the health information technology (IT) conference that drew more than 37,000 professionals to Las Vegas Feb. 21–24. One session in particular highlighted how far we still have to go in providing reliable, safe care and in understanding the role of health IT in safety.