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Current Awareness Literature Alert: October #2, 2011
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Transforming Concepts: Patient Safety
On Oct 01, 2011 | CommentsAsian Hospital & Healthcare Management, October 2011
The Institute of Medicine’s 1999 report, To Err Is Human, sparked efforts to improve patient safety in the US. Recent data suggest, however, that adverse events persist. The Lucian Leape Institute at NPSF has outlined concepts that have the potential to transform the way healthcare is practised and delivered, and lead to safer care. More…
Current Awareness LIterature Alert: October #1, 2011
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Current Awareness Literature Alert – September #2, 2011
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Same message, different tone on health care costs
On Sep 23, 2011 | CommentsBoston Globe, September 23, 2011
At separate events this week, Dr. Atul Gawande and Jack Connors, two of the most powerful people in Boston’s medical community, each spoke about the intersection of health care quality and the nation’s health cost crisis.
While their central message was similar — both said solutions will come from within the medical community, not from politicians — the two struck notably different tones. More…
Professional Learning Series
On Sep 12, 2011 | CommentsQuality, Safety, and Reliability: Engaging Physicians and Influencing Culture Change July 27, 2011 @ 2:00pm
Sample Update
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Aging Gracefully?Patient Safety Advocates Call for Ongoing Skills Assessments for Older Physicians
On Sep 01, 2011 | CommentsAnnals of Emergency Medicine, September 2011
In an era focused on quality measures, it has become common to compare medicine with aviation. The air industry’s practices, from checklists during procedures to training exercises for entire teams, seem to offer lessons for medical institutions still struggling with errors and health care–associated infections.
Some patient advocates are asking whether medicine—and especially emergency medicine, a specialty that, like flying, runs on adrenaline and relies on quick decisionmaking—should adopt another aviation practice: a mandatory retirement age. More…
Current Awareness Literature Alert: Sept. #1 2011
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How to Fundamentally Improve Performance (Without Harming Patients)
On Aug 16, 2011 | CommentsHospitals & Health Networks, August 16, 2011
Clinical competency requires lots of practice. Learning on a live patient however, is not without its risks. For that reason, many hospitals and schools are beginning to use medical simulation as an advanced training tool, finding that it offers many opportunities for learning without compromising the quality of patient care. More…
