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Clinical Simulations Are Center Stage in Keeping Patients Safe
On May 06, 2010 | Comments
National Patient Safety Foundation takes leadership role using simulation as learning tool at 2010 NPSF Patient Safety Congress
BOSTON, MA (May 6, 2010) – The National Patient Safety Foundation will launch an innovative Learning & Simulation Center at the annual NPSF Patient Safety Congress on May 17-19 in Orlando, creating a remarkable environment for attendees to engage in diverse, hands-on, interactive settings and take away real-world solutions to improve patient safety and quality of care.
New LLI Report Finds U.S. Med Schools Falling Short In Teaching Physicians Safe Patient Care
On Mar 10, 2010 | Comments
Report Calls For Immediate Corrective Action
BOSTON, MA – March 10, 2010 – The Lucian Leape Institute at the National Patient Safety Foundation released today a report that finds that U.S. “medical schools are not doing an adequate job of facilitating student understanding of basic knowledge and the development of skills required for the provision of safe patient care.” The report comes approximately 10 years after the Institute of Medicine’s landmark 1999 report “To Err Is Human,” which found that 98,000 Americans die unnecessarily from preventable medical errors. “Despite concerted efforts by many conscientious health care organizations and health professionals to improve and implement safer practices, health care remains fundamentally unsafe,” said Lucian L. Leape, MD, Chair of the Institute and a widely renowned leader in patient safety. “The result is that patient safety still remains one of the nation’s most solvable public health challenges.”
NPSF Leads Nationwide Effort to Promote Patient Safety
On Feb 08, 2010 | Comments
Patient Safety Awareness Week: March 7-13, 2010
BOSTON, MA, February 8, 2010 – The National Patient Safety Foundation (NPSF) will kick off Patient Safety Awareness Week on March 7, 2010, in a concerted effort to raise awareness of patient safety initiatives, improve the quality of health care, and strengthen alliances between patients, families and their healthcare providers.
Public Hospitals Nationwide Join Patient Safety Initiative
On Dec 08, 2009 | Comments
Kaiser Permanente partners to provide quality improvement programs at safety net hospitals
OAKLAND, Calif. – December 8, 2009 – Kaiser Permanente together with the National Patient Safety Foundation and the National Association of Public Hospitals and Health Systems today announced the “Patient Safety Initiative at America’s Public Hospitals.” This two-year program is designed to enhance patient safety programs at public hospitals to ensure safe, high-quality care for vulnerable and low-income populations that depend on publicly supported health care institutions for medical care.
LLI Releases “Transforming Healthcare: A Safety Imperative”
On Dec 03, 2009 | Comments
DECEMBER 3, 2009 (BOSTON, MA) – The Lucian Leape Institute at the National Patient Safety Foundation (NPSF) yesterday released a paper outlining measures necessary in reforming and improving the safety of the healthcare system. The paper, “Transforming Healthcare: A Patient Safety Imperative,” is featured in Quality and Safety in Health Care, a British Medical Journal publication as the Editor’s Choice.
Media Alert: NPSF Supports Mandatory Flu Vaccinations for Healthcare Workers
On Nov 18, 2009 | Comments
NOVEMBER 18, 2009 (BOSTON, MA) – The National Patient Safety Foundation (NPSF) today issued the following position statement supporting mandatory influenza vaccination of health care workers:
The National Patient Safety Foundation recognizes vaccine-preventable diseases as a matter of patient safety and supports mandatory influenza vaccination of health care workers to protect the health of patients, health care workers, and the community. NPSF appreciates that where vaccination is not possible for any reason, due to unavailability or medical contraindications of potential vaccine recipients, hospitals and healthcare professionals must use all available alternatives to avoid transmission to patients and coworkers including masks and adjusting job responsibilities.
WASHINGTON, DC, May 22, 2009 – The Partnership for Clear Health Communication at the National Patient Safety Foundation (NPSF) today announced the recipients of the prestigious Pfizer Health Literacy in Advancing Patient Safety Award. Honored for their innovative and influential efforts in the Health Literacy field were Dr. Michael Wolf, Director of the Center for Communication in Healthcare at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine, and Dr. Rima Rudd, Senior Lecturer on Society, Human Development, and Health at the Harvard School of Public Health.
WASHINGTON, DC, May 22, 2009 – The National Patient Safety Foundation (NPSF) today presented the 2009 Stand Up for Patient Safety Management Award to Mariners Hospital, an affiliate of Baptist Health South Florida.
“The Stand Up for Patient Safety Management Award is granted to a member hospital of the NPSF Stand Up for Patient Safety program in recognition of an initiative, supported by leadership at all levels and embraced by a cross-discipline team, that delivers proven, life-saving change,” said Diane C. Pinakiewicz, President of the National Patient Safety Foundation. “The team at Mariners Hospital is most deserving of this recognition for their remarkable work.”
SurgiCount Medical Joins National Patient Safety Foundation Corporate Council
On Nov 17, 2008 | Comments
BOSTON, Massachusetts, November 17, 2008 – The National Patient Safety Foundation (NPSF) today announced that SurgiCount Medical has joined its Corporate Council, a forum for leading health care solutions providers to work alongside the Foundation, healthcare providers, hospital executives, and patients and their families – all with the unified goal of a safer healthcare system.
AmerisourceBergen Joins National Patient Safety Foundation Corporate Council
On Nov 04, 2008 | Comments
BOSTON, Massachusetts, November 4, 2008 – The National Patient Safety Foundation (NPSF) today announced that AmerisourceBergen has joined its Corporate Council, a forum for leading health care solutions providers to work alongside the Foundation, health care providers, hospital executives, and patients and their families – all with the single convergent goal of making patient care safer.
