Carroll Hospital Center Adopts Amplifi to Improve Pharmacy Communications
Pharmacy OneSource, Inc. announced today that Carroll
Hospital Center in Westminster, Maryland has implemented Amplifi to
manage their formulary and communicate medication information
throughout the hospital.
Medication Management: Integrate vs. Interface: Peering Under the Hood
Eliminating medication errors has been a priority for hospitals since the Institute of Medicine (IOM) released To Err Is Human.
Health Law: PSOs: What do providers need to know?
On November 21, 2008, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) released final regulations to implement the Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Act of 2005 (PSQIA, or the Act).
Technology and Safety: National Patient Safety Goals and Barcoding
Indiana newborns are mistakenly given adult doses of Heparin. A 33-year-old New York woman undergoes a double mastectomy intended for someone else. A 67-year-old California man dies when he receives blood meant for another patient.
Data Trends: Epidemiology and Impact of Patient Falls in Healthcare Facilities
In the National Patient Safety Goals (NPSG), The Joint Commission (TJC) has emphasized the need to reduce the risk of patient injuries from falls due to their high prevalence and associated adverse outcomes in at-risk patient populations.
AHRQ: IOM Recommends Residents Get More Sleep, Supervision to Improve Patient Safety
Evidence linking sleep deprivation to a higher risk of medical errors prompted limits in 2003 on the hours per week that medical residents could work at U.S. hospitals.
Health IT & Quality: Social Networking: A New Tool to Engage the Clinical Community
Editor’s Notebook: Stimulating Discussion
It will be some time before we know if President Obama’s Stimulus Plan revives the economy, but there’s no doubt it has stimulated debate about health IT in general and electronic health records in particular.March / April 2009.
Semantic Interoperability Transforms Quality and Safety Efforts
If you ask any healthcare provider about the most effective ways to improve patient safety, it’s highly unlikely that you would hear him or her say, “I’d like to know less about my patients before I treat them.”
The Impact of Wireless Technologies on Patient Safety
Although physicians pledge to “first do no harm,” in practice, adverse events in hospitals are common and frequently preventable. In fact, Bartlett et al. (2008) found that up to 50% of adverse events in hospitals are preventable.