Archive for October, 2012
Insulin Safety from Hospital to Home
On Oct 29, 2012 | Comments2012 Professional Learning Series Webcast
Webcast held October 25, 2012 | 1-2 pm EDT
Please note: Continuing education credits are not available for archived programs. Read More→
Current Awareness Literature Alert, Oct 2012 #1
On Oct 26, 2012 | CommentsOctober (1) 2012 | Volume 16, Issue 10:1
Boston, MA, October 22, 2012 — The Lucian Leape Institute at the National Patient Safety Foundation today released a report on care integration that highlights the issue as a national priority for improving patient safety and the efficiency of the US health care system. Order from Chaos: Accelerating Care Integration is the result of a Leape Institute Roundtable that brought together leading experts in the fields of patient safety and health system improvement.
National Patient Safety Foundation Announces Leadership Transition
On Oct 15, 2012 | CommentsBoston, MA, October 15, 2012—The National Patient Safety Foundation (NPSF) has announced that Diane C. Pinakiewicz, MBA, CPPS, will be leaving her position as President of NPSF, effective November 12, 2012. As part of the planned transition, Patricia McGaffigan, RN, MS, Vice President, Program Strategy and Management at NPSF, will assume interim duties while the search for a permanent successor occurs. Read More→
Current Awareness Literature Alert, Sep 2012 #2
On Oct 12, 2012 | CommentsSeptember (2) 2012 | Volume 16, Issue 9:2
New Tools for Enhancing Patient Safety When Caring for Patients with Limited English Proficiency
On Oct 12, 2012 | CommentsThe Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality recently released new tools for enhancing patient safety in the care of patients with limited English proficiency (LEP). Read More→
AHRQ Offers Toolkit to Strengthen Medication Reconciliation
On Oct 11, 2012 | CommentsMedication reconciliation—the act of maintaining, documenting, and being able to communicate accurate medication information for patients—is one of the National Patient Safety Goals outlined by The Joint Commission.
Now, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality is offering a free toolkit to help acute care and post-acute care facilities evaluate and improve their current medication reconciliation process. The toolkit, Medications at Transitions and Clinical Handoffs (MATCH) Toolkit for Medication Reconciliation, can help facilities reduce patient harm due to adverse drug events or medication errors.
This toolkit is based on the Medications at Transitions and Clinical Handoffs (MATCH) Web site. It provides a framework to capture complete, accurate medication information through electronic health records (EHRs) and enables the development of a medication reconciliation process or the redesign an existing process.
For more information, visit the website, or contact AHRQ via e-mail AHRQpubs@ahrq.hhs.gov or by phone at 1-800-358-9295.
