The National Quality Forum (NQF) and The Joint
Commission today announced the 2009 recipients of the annual John M.
Eisenberg Patient Safety and Quality Awards. Honorees were selected in
all five award categories.

One-year grants designed to identify ways to
rapidly spread technologies that can reduce $290 billion in
non-adherence and $47 billion in drug-related hospitalizations annually
in U.S.

FDA issues letter for healthcare providers.

Ten years after the IOM report, NPSF seeks to focus on solutions to achieve measurable advances in patient safety.

Leading healthcare provider improves inter-office communication,
promotes continued employee education and lowers annual travel expenses.

DocuSys, Inc., a market-leading provider of innovative systems for
anesthesia information management, anesthesia drug management, and
presurgical care management, today announced Ochsner Health System of
New Orleans went live on the DocuSys Anesthesia Information Management
and Anesthesia Drug Management system…

Masimo
introduced a new enhanced version of the Masimo Patient SafetyNet
system designed to help hospitals avoid preventable patient deaths and
injuries associated with failure to rescue — one of today’s most common
medical errors.

By Susan Carr

I review a number of books — my summer reading — in the Sept/Oct issue
and invite readers to share their reading list. What’s been on your
desk, Kindle, or bedside table this summer? I encourage readers to post their suggestions as comments to my Editor’s Notebook column. I’m especially but not exclusively interested
in books about healthcare and medicine. As a separate project, I’d like
to develop a resource list of books about patient safety for PSQH.com.
Your suggestions may serve as the beginning of that list.

B. Braun Medical Inc. said healthcare professionals
can now place orders for Prontosan® Wound Irrigation
Solution and Gel with PHMB, a solution used for cleaning
wounds as well as moistening and lubricating absorbent wound dressings.

Capsule, the
leading provider of medical device connectivity, announces the
release of their new Enterprise Medical Device Connectivity Solution
enabled by the Capsule Neuron™.