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2012-2013 AHA-NPSF Comprehensive Patient Safety Leadership Fellowship
On Dec 23, 2011 | CommentsApplications Being Accepted Through March 15, 2012
NPSF Patient Safety Congress to Host Partnership for Patients One-Year Celebration
On Dec 21, 2011 | CommentsPlans Announced at Plenary Session of QualityNet 2011 led by HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius
Boston, Mass. (Dec. 21, 2011)—The National Patient Safety Foundation, in conjunction with leaders from throughout the health care spectrum, announced plans to mark the one-year anniversary of the groundbreaking Partnership for Patients Initiative at the NPSF Patient Safety Congress to be held May 23-25 in Washington, DC. Read More→
Patient Safety and the Family Caregiver
On Dec 01, 2011 | CommentsNovember was National Family Caregiver Month. What better time to recognize the important role family members play on the health care team? NPSF President Diane Pinakiewicz, MBA, recently wrote an article about Patient Safety for Take Care!, the newsletter of the National Family Caregivers Association.
Read the full article in Take Care!
Safer Transitions
On Dec 01, 2011 | CommentsResearch Study to Focus on Handoffs of Care in the ICU
“Handoff” is not the friendliest word, yet in healthcare, it has come to define the delicate transfer of information when a patient is discharged from one care setting to another, or when staff members change shifts. Much has been written about the safety gaps that can occur during these transitions, but this topic is still ripe for research—as Emily Patterson, PhD, well knows.
Medical tests are pointless when results don’t reach the doctor or patient
On Nov 28, 2011 | CommentsThe Washington Post, November 28, 2011
“Health reform and payment reform are moving us toward integrating care to a degree that we don’t do right now,” says Diane Pinakiewicz, president of the National Patient Safety Foundation , a Boston-based consumer group. More…
Patients at Work
On Nov 10, 2011 | CommentsThrough a Patient and Family Advisory Council, Baptist Health South Florida is putting patients to work—and giving them a direct line of communication to the organization’s leadership.
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Be Aware for Safe Care – March 4-10, 2012
On Oct 07, 2011 | CommentsNPSF Announces 2012 Patient Safety Awareness Week Campaign
BOSTON, MA (Oct. 5, 2011) – In an effort to raise awareness and encourage the engagement of patients, families, health care providers, and the public, the National Patient Safety Foundation today announced its 2012 Patient Safety Awareness Week campaign, Be Aware for Safe Care. Read More→
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…
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…
Sample Update
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