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Patient Safety

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Type: Organization

Name: Patient Safety

First reported 1 hour ago - Updated 1 hour ago - 1 reports

Always thinking of dementia patients’ safety

A LOCAL initiative aimed at improving care for people with dementia has reached the final stages of the prestigious Patient Safety Awards 2013. The 5 Boroughs Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, which covers the Wigan and Leigh area, is one of just eight ... [Published Wigan Evening Post - 1 hour ago]

Entities: Patient Safety, residential care, Patient, Liaison

First reported 1 hour ago - Updated 1 hour ago - 1 reports

Efforts to reduce the use of catheters and cannulas are paying off

Dr Eleri Davies outlines how the STOP campaign is making a difference to patient care across WalesThe STOP campaign to improve the safety of patient care through better use of catheters and cannulas is making a difference to patients across Wales.A catheter ... [Published Wales Online - 1 hour ago]

Entities: Catheter, Wales, infections, Patient

First reported 17 hours ago - Updated 2 hours ago - 2 reports

Should Doctors Be Subject To Random Drug Tests?

SHOULD DOCTORS BE SUBJECT TO RANDOM DRUG TESTS? ( MCT )- What if you're doctor smoked marijuana and then performed surgery on you?Not a comforting thought, but it could happen.That is why two Johns Hopkins doctors and patient safety experts say hospitals ... [Published Media Awareness Project - 2 hours ago]

Entities: Drug Test, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Alcohol, Patient Safety

First reported 2 hours ago - Updated 2 hours ago - 1 reports

Patient Safety

It's All In the Wrist: Improving Patient Safety with Barcode Wristbands

No White Papers & Webinars Block Quality and Safety ... [Published HealthCareIT News - 2 hours ago]

Entities: Patient Safety

First reported May 21 2013 - Updated 3 hours ago - 4 reports

NHS

Data key to safety – NHS official

May 22 – Pledges to cut NHS red-tape were cast into doubt yesterday as a senior official said there was no “dimming” in the culture of collecting data. Dr Mike Durkin, director of patient safety at NHS England, said he believed collection of information ... [Published Staff Nurse - 3 hours ago]

Entities: NHS, Bruce Keogh, Patient Safety

First reported 6 hours ago - Updated 6 hours ago - 1 reports

Data From Anesthesia Information Management Systems Help Reduce Costs and Improve Patient Safety

Source Newsroom:Newswise — CHICAGO – May 22, 2013 – Data from new electronic anesthesia information management systems (AIMS) can be used to assess surgical procedure- and institution-specific blood requirements, according to a study from the June issue ... [Published Newswise - 6 hours ago]

Entities: Anesthesiology, Blood Transfusion, Information Management, Patient Safety, American Society of Anesthesiologists

First reported 7 hours ago - Updated 7 hours ago - 1 reports

Patient safety award goes to Memorial Hermann

The National Quality Forum and The Joint Commission have named Memorial Hermann Health System the 2012 recipient of the John M. Eisenberg Patient Safety and Quality Award at the National Level. Memorial Hermann is the first Texas hospital system ever ... [Published Nurse.com - 7 hours ago]

Entities: Patient Safety, High Reliability, Interagency Coordination, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

First reported 10 hours ago - Updated 10 hours ago - 1 reports

Top NHS Doctor Calls for an End to ?Acceptance? of Unsafe Care

The most senior doctor in the NHS today warned against acceptance of unsafe and poor-quality care as he addressed the country’s biggest patient safety conference.Professor Sir Bruce Keogh told the Patient Safety Congress at Birmingham’s ICC that investigations ... [Published Commissioning GP - 10 hours ago]

Entities: NHS, Patient Safety, Bristol

First reported 12 hours ago - Updated 12 hours ago - 1 reports

Orange City, Fla. - Florida Hospital Fish Memorial Improves Patient Safety Through New Safe Patient Handling Program

Florida Hospital Fish Memorial has implemented a new program designed to help protect patients from falls and staff from injuries. It's called the Diligent Safe Patient Handing and Early Mobility Program. Florida Hospital Fish Memorial is the only hospital ... [Published Advance for Nurses - 12 hours ago]

Entities: Patient, Patient Safety, Health Care, Rehabilitation

First reported 12 hours ago - Updated 12 hours ago - 1 reports

Sacramento, CA - Sutter Hospitals Earn Straight A's for Patient Safety

All six Sutter hospitals in the greater Sacramento area were recognized with an "A" Hospital Safety Score by The Leapfrog Group, an independent national nonprofit run by employers and other large purchasers of health benefits. The A scores were awarded ... [Published Advance for Nurses - 12 hours ago]

Entities: Sutter (United States), Sacramento (California, United States), Patient Safety

First reported May 21 2013 - Updated May 21 2013 - 1 reports

The power of the Purple Button

With the right technology, healthcare organizations can securely and effectively exchange patient safety information while complying with federal regulations.When physicians take the Hippocratic Oath, they pledge to “do no harm.” Although the focus of ... [Published Health Management Technology - May 21 2013]

Entities: Health Care, Patient Safety, Organism, Information Sharing

First reported May 21 2013 - Updated May 21 2013 - 1 reports

Masimo CEO Joe Kiani Receives Argyros Medal for Visionary Leadership & Commitment to Patient Safety

Chapman University's George L. Argyros School of Business and Economics Bestows Award at Commencement Address to Class of 2 ... [Published Stockwatch - May 21 2013]

Entities: Joe Kiani, Masimo, Patient Safety, Visionary

Quotes

"Patients might be better protected from preventable harm. Physicians and employers may experience reduced absenteeism, unintentional adverse events, injuries, and turnover, and early identification of a debilitating problem" wrote the authors of the study: Dr. Julius Cuong Pham, an emergency medicine physician at The Johns Hopkins Hospital and Dr...

Should Doctors Be Subject To Random Drug Tests? [Published Media Awareness Project - 2 hours ago]

"Information must be acted upon. I would expect organisations to be fully scrutinising their patient safety incidents. Organisations seeing relatively few incidents need to ask themselves if they really are getting the full picture of what is going on.”"

NHS reporting culture will improve patient safety [Published Binleys - 6 hours ago]

"The general trend of diminished IT functionality is perplexing," says Garry Carneal, JD, MA, a primary researcher on the survey project since 2008. "The analysis indicates a number of overlapping reasons that might help explain the disparate trend lines between the large respondent pool and the sub-group associated with care management programs. However, for those who are in care management field, the results give us hope that real advancements are taking place in the automation of care management processes that should aid clinical and financial outcomes in the future."

New Survey Shows Mixed Results for Care Management Software Functionality Highlights Trends Over ... [Published Zecco - 11 hours ago]

...ndependence, where they otherwise would have been unable," said Roxanne Hopkins, Florida Hospital Fish Memorial director of rehabilitation services. "In addition, this equipment aims to reduce the risk of injury to patients and healthcare workers during patient movement and transport."

Orange City, Fla. - Florida Hospital Fish Memorial Improves Patient Safety Through New Safe Patie ... [Published Advance for Nurses - 12 hours ago]

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Always thinking of dementia patients’ safety [Published Wigan Evening Post - 1 hour ago]
Efforts to reduce the use of catheters and cann... [Published Wales Online - 1 hour ago]
Should Doctors Be Subject To Random Drug Tests? [Published Media Awareness Project - 2 hours ago]
It's All In the Wrist: Improving Patient Safety... [Published HealthCareIT News - 2 hours ago]
Data key to safety – NHS official [Published Staff Nurse - 3 hours ago]
NHS reporting culture will improve patient safety [Published Binleys - 6 hours ago]
Data From Anesthesia Information Management Sys... [Published Newswise - 6 hours ago]
Patient safety award goes to Memorial Hermann [Published Nurse.com - 7 hours ago]
Reporting to reduce avoidable harm [Published National Health Executive - 7 hours ago]
Apetito extends food range for care homes, hosp... [Published Cost Sector Catering - 9 hours ago]
Top NHS Doctor Calls for an End to ?Acceptance?... [Published Commissioning GP - 10 hours ago]
New Survey Shows Mixed Results for Care Managem... [Published Zecco - 11 hours ago]
New Survey Shows Mixed Results for Care Managem... [Published PRWeb - 12 hours ago]
Sacramento, CA - Sutter Hospitals Earn Straight... [Published Advance for Nurses - 12 hours ago]
Orange City, Fla. - Florida Hospital Fish Memor... [Published Advance for Nurses - 12 hours ago]
'Delight' at Tairawhiti sign up to Open for Bet... [Published Voxy.co.nz - 16 hours ago]
NBC Bay Area - Should Doctors Have To Take Rand... [Published Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights - 17 hours ago]
Letter to Biosense Technologies Private Limited... [Published U.S. Food and Drug Administration - 20 hours ago]
Active Shooter, Part 2 [Published Advance for Respiratory Care & Sleep Medicine - 21 hours ago]
Patients 'harmed' by 111 service [Published Witney Gazette - May 21 2013]
Des Peres Hospital Awarded an “A” for Patient S... [Published STLtoday.com - May 21 2013]
How to avoid pitfalls of cosmetic surgery [Published Irish Independent - May 21 2013]
Managing Peer Review Hearings and Litigation [Published JD Supra - May 21 2013]
The power of the Purple Button [Published Health Management Technology - May 21 2013]
Strategy and Its Interplays [Published Longwoods - May 21 2013]
Hospital considers closing unit for third... [Published This is Devon - May 21 2013]
Orange Regional and Catskill Regions hospitals ... [Published Daily Freeman - May 21 2013]
A&E patient safety 'not guaranteed' [Published BBC - May 21 2013]
Shumsky Therapeutic Pillows exhibiting at the 2... [Published Online PR News - May 21 2013]
How can telehealth help patients take responsib... [Published Guardian.co.uk - May 21 2013]

Blogs

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Robots May be the Answer to Decreasing Contamin... [Published Pharmacy Error Injury Lawyer Blog - May 21 2013] Following the widespread contamination problems at several compounding facilities, hospitals and pharmacies have begun to reevaluate the potential options for improving sterility and quality of compounded IV fluids and related products. One potential ...
Measuring patient engagement: What would Ken Sc... [Published KevinMD.com - May 17 2013] Don’t get me wrong, it’s huge to see patient safety evolving to be a front-burner issue. After beating the drum for years, the National Patient Safety Foundation and other groups are seeing progress, with meaningful use, electronic health records, pay ...
Noisy Operating Rooms May Jeopardize Patient Sa... [Published MedlinePlus Health News - May 15 2013] Chatter, music and equipment sounds reduced surgeons' speech comprehension in small study Source: HealthDayRelated MedlinePlus Pages: Noise , Patient Safety , Surgery ...
Florida Considers Bill Potentially Impacting Pa... [Published Pharmacy Error Injury Lawyer Blog - May 14 2013] Last month, the Florida House of Representatives passed a bill, by a vote of 101 to 16, that would double the number of pharmacy technicians each pharmacist can supervise from three to six. The pharmacists remain responsible for signing off on all ...
The Leapfrog Group and the Spring 2013 Hospital... [Published The Health Care Blog - May 14 2013] By Leah Binder Q: Have hospitals improved since the first Hospital Safety Score last year? A: We saw an incremental improvement in the scores, though it is not as rapid or as dramatic as we would like. For the Spring 2013 Hospital Safety Score, ...

Audio/Video

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Weekly Video Address: Patient Safety [Published Rep. Michael C Burgess - YouTube Channel - Mar 08 2013]

Press Releases

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Masimo CEO Joe Kiani Receives Argyros Medal for... [Published PR Newswire: Policy & Public Interest - May 21 2013]
B. Braun Committed To Improving Patient Safety [Published PR Newswire: General Business - May 20 2013]
New Diagnostics Solutions from Welch Allyn to H... [Published Business Wire - May 20 2013]
New Diagnostics Solutions from Welch Allyn to H... [Published Business Wire Health News - May 20 2013]
New Diagnostics Solutions from Welch Allyn to H... [Published Business Wire News with Multimedia - May 20 2013]