Revisiting the Perinatal Adverse Outcome Index
Revisiting the Perinatal Adverse Outcome Index
The challenge of sorting through copious amounts of data to find the essential information is not new. Over the years, various professions have developed key markers to highlight the essential. For example, clinicians use vital signs, accountants have bottom lines, and journalists pen pithy headlines.
Atlantic Health Quality & Patient Safety Learning Collaborative Unveiled
Charlottetown, May 11, 2011—The Atlantic Health Quality & Patient Safety Collaborative signals the beginning of a new era of cooperation and partnership among the Atlantic Provinces in their efforts to deliver safe care.
Medicity Selected as Vendor for Ohio’s Health Information Exchange
Columbus, Ohio, May 10, 2011—Ohio will soon have a health information exchange where physicians and hospitals can securely share patient information with one another across the state.
Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation Awards New Funding to AACN to Engage Hospital Leaders in Nurse-Led Quality and Safety Movement
Washington, May, 6, 2011—The American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) announces that the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation has awarded $386,000 in new funding to engage hospital leaders in the San Francisco Bay Area (SFBA) in the innovative work underway to improve healthcare quality and patient safety.
Wellsense Unveils First-Ever Bedside Patient Pressure Mapping System Designed to Assist Caregivers in Effectively Repositioning Patients
Wellsense USA, the pioneer of bedside smart textile technology, unveiled a breakthrough product at this year’s National Teaching Institute and Critical Care Exposition sponsored by the American Association of Critical Care Nurses (AACN) held in Chicago from May 2-5.
St. Joseph Health System Focuses on Delivering Perfect Care with New Technology to Mitigate Risk and Improve Patient Safety
Orange, California, April 30, 2011—St. Joseph Health System, a $4.6 billion healthcare system headquartered in Orange, California, announced a partnership with RF Surgical Systems, the market leader in the prevention and detection of retained surgical sponges.
Cautious Patient Foundation Announces New Grants Program Aimed to Improve Patient Safety and Quality of Healthcare
Houston, Texas, April 18, 2011—The Cautious Patient Foundation (CPF), the outreach and educational arm of Patient Always First, a nonprofit organization committed to educating and empowering patients in the quest for quality health care, announced a new grants program to support initiatives that successfully move patients toward greater engagement in their personal or family healthcare process.
Patient Mobilization
Patient Mobilization
Best practices improve health outcomes and ensure safety for patients and staff alike.
As research supports the critical need for mobilizing hospitalized patients, the adage “If you don’t use it, you will lose it” sums up the weakness and loss of functional status seen with prolonged bed rest. In the hospital setting, patients often depend on their caregivers for mobilization.
Safer PCA Therapy
Safer PCA Therapy
Patient Safety Benefits of Continuous Respiratory Rate and End Tidal Monitoring
The following interviews were adapted from a November 12, 2010, webcast, “Safer PCA Therapy,” that explored the application of continuous monitoring for patients receiving opioids, most typically using patient-controlled analgesia (PCA).
ISMP: Root Causes: A Roadmap to Action
ISMP
Root Causes: A Roadmap to Action
Problem: After receiving a report of a medication error that reached a 4-year-old child, we were once again reminded that errors are almost never caused by the failure of a single element in the system.