Archive for 2012
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.
Current Awareness Literature Alert, Sep 2012 #1
On Sep 28, 2012 | CommentsSeptember (1) 2012 | Volume 16, Issue 9:1
September 2012
On Sep 27, 2012 | CommentsASPPS Members Achieve Patient Safety Certification
ASPPS is pleased to recognize members who have recently earned the designation of Certified Professional in Patient Safety (CPPS): Read More→
ASPPS e-News, September 2012
On Sep 24, 2012 | CommentsIn this issue:
- ASPPS Members in the News
- ASPPS Members Achieve Patient Safety Certification
- Teaching Physicians-in-Training About Patient Safety
- NPSF News
- Call for Letters of Intent to Conduct Research and Development in Patient Safety
- Patient Safety and Respiratory Conditions: Educational Needs Assessment
- Patient Safety in the News
- AHRQ CUSP Toolkit
- IOM Report: Best Care at Lower Cost
- Burnout and Satisfaction with Work-Life Balance Among US Physicians
- Better Nursing Environments Reduce Medication Errors
- Most Adverse Events in Hospitals Still Go Unreported
- Medical Errors Harm Huge Number of Patients
- Upcoming Professional Learning Series Webcast
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Call for Letters of Intent to Conduct Research & Development in Patient Safety
On Sep 21, 2012 | CommentsApplications invited for grant projects to begin in 2013
The National Patient Safety Foundation’s Research Grants Program seeks to stimulate new, innovative projects directed toward enhancing patient safety in the United States. The program’s objective is to promote studies leading to the prevention of human errors, system errors, patient injuries and the consequences of such adverse events in the health care setting. In this first stage of a two-stage application process, Letters of Intent (LOIs) are solicited for research and development that is broadly related to identifying the causes of preventable injuries and errors and/or developing prevention strategies and methods to implement them. Based on these LOIs, a limited number of applicants will be invited to submit a full proposal. Read More→
