P.U.R.E. Conversations in Obstetrics
Raising SBAR to a Higher Level
P.U.R.E. Conversations in Obstetrics
Despite a widespread effort to improve patient safety in obstetrics, injuries still occur. These injuries can be devastating both to families who sustain them and to the caregivers involved in the actual event.
Automated Informed Consent
Automated Informed Consent
Patients and Institutions Benefit Alike
The process of obtaining informed consent from patients prior to providing certain medical services has evolved gradually over the years.
Accreditation Canada Report Explores the Connection Between Patient Safety and Quality of Worklife in Healthcare
Accreditation Canada’s 2010 national report on health care in Canada explores the connection between quality of worklife and patient safety in health organizations.
South Carolina Chosen as Pilot for National Effort to Improve Surgical Safety
The South Carolina Hospital Association (SCHA) is embarking on a new patient safety program that can potentially save hundreds of patient lives each year and reduce the number of major surgical complications up to 30 percent.
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 and NeoMed Partner to Prevent IV/Enteral Misconnections, Enhance Patient Safety
AHRQ
AHRQ
Patient Safety and Medical Liability Reform: Putting the Patient First
Recent research shows a significant correlation between the frequency of adverse events and malpractice claims (Greenberg, et al, 2010). Meanwhile, information from patient satisfaction surveys and patient experiences of care have been shown to predict malpractice risk (Fullam, et al, 2009).
Building a PSO “Field of Dreams” for Emergency Medical Services
Building a PSO “Field of Dreams” for Emergency Medical Services
For emergency medical service (EMS) providers in the state of Missouri, patient safety organizations are a “field of dreams” — a field of legal protection, learning, collaborating, and most of all, improving pre-hospital care.
Hospira and Smiths Medical to Co-Promote Infusion Pumps and Develop a Standardized Safety Monitoring and Reporting Solution across Infusion Systems
Hospira, Inc., a leading provider of clinical information and medication delivery technologies, and Smiths Medical, a leading global medical device manufacturer, today announced a commercial collaboration and co-development agreement for infusion pump systems.
Health Literacy Innovations Announces New Licensing Agreements
Health Literacy Innovations, creators of the Health Literacy Advisor, the nation’s first interactive health literacy software tool, today announced the following organizations have signed new agreements to license the Health Literacy Advisor…