patient safety News

The law firm of Domnick & Shevin, PL proudly supports Patient Safety Awareness Week (PSAW), March 6 - 12, sponsored by the National Patient Safety Foundation.

PULSE, a leading UK health and social care staffing and services business, has implemented Datix web-based patient safety software for incident reporting, risk management and clinical governance.

APS founder John Harrington will present “Surgical Safety Series: Improving Outcomes within Surgical Teams,” the company’s flagship online surgical safety offering, at the AORN 58th Congress in March.

Medical interpreting provides the patient-doctor communication that is essential for high-quality care and patient safety, but only 13 states provide Medicaid reimbursement for medical interpreters.

Andrew Lansley, the Health Secretary, has proposed jobs throughout the NHS will have to be cut which has created concern among frontline nurses due to the repercussions this could have on themselves, patients safety and quality of care.

Plans to modernise the NHS are estimated to save £5 billion by 2015 and £1.7 billion every year after, however is this the most cost-effective, morale boosting and least disruptive way to ensue efficiency savings?

First 2011 program in the monthly webinar series features an expert panel discussing the use of pharmacy software tools to manage and control workflow and quality while supporting patient safety initiatives

Bruges hospital AZ Sint-Lucas increases patient safety monitoring with Datix

This workshop will look at how to negotiate the pharmaceutical minefield that is the counterfeit threat, how to identify what will really work for you and your brand and how to stay one step ahead of the counterfeiters.

Barbara L. Olson will present on actionable ways to improve outcomes in the New Year

While it is commonly believed that improved quality, access, and safety, and an improved bottom line are mutually exclusive, Seattle Children’s demonstrates that it quite possible to realize all these improvements concurrently.

Stem cell organization presents findings on RNL Bio Investigation

The Coaching for Success online course develops individual coaching knowledge and skills for healthcare professionals. Coaching competencies, coaching types, and learning environments are all useful for transforming leaders into effective coaches

Using checklists to improve compliance and improve patient safety

How new regulations will drive hospitals to improve quality patient care

PeriGen, Inc. and Advanced Practice Strategies, Inc. Announce Exclusive Partnership to Provide Physicians and Nurses with Online, OB-Specific Programs with Continuing Education Credits

Conventus, the only medical professional liability insurance company in New Jersey that is 100% owned and governed by its physician members, and APS have partnered to provide online educational course offerings to Conventus member-owners at no cost.

Meeting requirements for infection control National Patient Safety Goal 7

Web-based checklist management system can document and trend compliance

Discussing implementing pharmacist leadership systems in healthcare settings

A 2010 Study by the Healthcare Management Council, Inc. (HMC) found that US hospitals stand to save millions of dollars each year by eliminating preventable patient safety errors such as bed sores and patient falls.

Assessing strategies to prevent healthcare-associated infections

Documentation for NSHN reporting of HAIs now streamlined

Pharmacists log more than 5 million interventions in the first half of 2010

Clinical decision software pulls real-time data to improve patient safety efforts

Healthcare Facilities Accreditation Program (HFAP) has become the first accrediting organization to join the Patient-Centered Primary Care Collaborative (PCPCC) Executive Committee.

Maine Nurse Consultant on Mission to Make Healthcare “Patient-Safe” Through Effective Communication and Collaboration. Overt and covert bullying is insidious in many healthcare cultures. Stopping these behaviors is critical for SAFE care.

For the third year in a row, Memorial Health in Savannah, Georgia received the Patient Safety Excellence Award from HealthGrades, the leading independent healthcare ratings organization.

Healthcare Facilities Accreditation Program developed new patient safety standards that are endorsed by the National Quality Forum.

Covering healthcare from clinical to nutritional services, this book provides a collection of international case studies that demonstrate how lean thinking can be applied in the healthcare industry.

Xecan, Inc. announces the Xecan Emergency Department Solution, designed to optimize resources and remove ED bottlenecks while simultaneously improving patient flow and safety. This is a cost-effective solution utilizing disposable patient wristbands.

Congratulations to Virginia Lupo, RN, CNOR, an operating room nurse for her efforts to develop, practice and teach effective communication skills. According to Nurse Consultant Beth Boynton, RN, MS, "Virginia's efforts will make patient's safer!"

Positive culture line lists and chest x-ray surveillance improve infection control workflows

The L.E.K. Consulting Hospital Purchasing Survey reveals that U.S. hospital executives are using sophisticated strategies to cut budgets, enhance patient safety initiatives and brace for the ramifications of new healthcare legislation.

Teh & Associates is a Malaysia-based consulting firm that offers expertise in healthcare quality management, patient safety, clinical risk management and hospital accreditation (by JCI and MSQH) in the South East Asian context.

GEORGE TOWN - Teh & Associates, a Malaysia-based healthcare quality consulting firm, offers a Certified Professional in Healthcare Quality (CPHQ) training programme.

Healthcare professionals can learn the barriers to optimal anticoagulation therapy and improving error prevention strategies

Software solutions help hospital increase productivity and patient safety

RASMAS, the web-based recall management service is being used by National Center for Patient Safety

Sentri7 combines the real-time data necessary for clinicians to make well-informed decisions about patient care in a timely manner

According to The Joint Commission, the leading root cause of medical errors is a communication problem. Site now available to all with over 25 free articles that help explain & address underlying. dysfunctional dynamics that can lead to mistakes.

Web-based pharmacy tool helps hospital publish formulary and medication safety info

Free and valuable content perfect for hospital staff including pharmacists, infection preventionists, and quality managers.

California federal jury awards complete victory to Nova Biomedical Corporation against Medtronic MiniMed, Inc., for claims of misappropriation of trade secrets, breach of contract, tortuous interference and conversion.

New support tools can reduce healthcare costs and benefit both doctors and patients

Five per cent of consumers across five European countries suspect they have received a counterfeit prescription drug whilst one per cent believe that they definitely have.

MedsTracker® Enterprise Medication Reconciliation helps position hospitals for meaningful use and ARRA funding

New Patient Safety Campaign Builds on APS’s Successful 2008 Perinatal Safety Initiative for California, Which Provided Discounted State-of-the-Art Training for 3,000 Clinicians throughout the State.

Hospitals using Sentri7 electronic surveillance improve scores up to 34% compared to 0.7% national average

Health risk management and culture of ‘blame’ debated at the Patient Safety Exhibition & Congress