Culture of Safety: All Systems Go? Why So Little Progress?
Computerized physician order entry: Check. Bar coding technology: Check. Electronic prescribing: Check. Web-based error reporting system: Check. Enhanced policies on disclosure: Check.
Computerized Physician Order Entry – CPOE at a Community Hospital: Beyond the Hospital Walls
Huntington Hospital, a 525-bed not-for-profit tertiary care community hospital, was established in Pasadena, California, in 1892; its mission is simply to excel at the delivery of healthcare to its community.
Consumers as Partners: To Err Is Human; The Need for Trauma Support Is, Too A Story of the Power of Patient/Physician Partnership After a Sentinel Event
This article describes the development of a new program for providing trauma support services to people who have experienced unanticipated outcomes from medical care or, more particularly, the failure of medical care.
100K Lives: IHI Launches National Campaign to Save 100,000 Lives in U.S. Hospitals
The Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) announced in December that it was launching the first-ever national campaign to save 100,000 lives in the next 18 months, and every year thereafter, in U.S. hospitals.