View From the Hill: Hope Springs Eternal
Happy New Year, everybody! 2005 sure has started off with a bang. President Bush has been inaugurated for a second term, we have a new secretary of Health and Human Services, and the new 109th Congress has been seated with at least 46 new members.
Editor’s Notebook: Many Facets of Patient Safety
As we planned the first issues of Patient Safety and Quality Healthcare, we envisioned a periodical with a broad reach, reflecting the diversity of activities and interests in the field.
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.
Online Patient Networks: How Online Patient – Networks Can Enhance Quality and Reduce Errors
The late Eva Salber, MD, a pioneer of community-based healthcare, noted in 1981 that people with medical problems consult other resources before approaching professionals and that the majority of illnesses are never brought to a health professional at all.
Proceedings from the Quality Colloquium At Harvard University
It has been five years since the release of the first Institute of Medicine Report on medical errors, To Err Is Human: Building a Safer Health System, and interest in patient safety and quality healthcare continues to grow.
P4P Contracting: Bold Leaps or Baby Steps?
The phenomenon of pay for performance (P4P) in provider payment is taking American healthcare by storm. The Bridges to Excellence (BTE) mission statement reflects the common impetus for these programs…
Editor’s Notebook: New Advisors Broaden Board’s Focus
In Patient Safety and Quality Healthcare (PSQH), we intend to reflect as many aspects of the patient safety movement as possible. Four industry experts recently appointed to the Editorial Advisory Board do exactly that, bringing a wide range of training and experience to PSQH.