Research News
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→
Health IT and Patient Safety
On Sep 05, 2012 | CommentsWhile hospitals and physicians’ offices are increasingly adopting computerized information systems, the systems are still relatively new, and research suggests they need to be improved to optimize their potential benefits.
A recent article in Focus on Patient Safety highlights the work of the Centers for Education and Research on Therapeutics (CERTs), a network of research centers established in 1999 by the United States federal government to add to the evidence base on the safety and effectiveness of therapeutics—a broad category that includes drugs, medical devices, and biological products, such as vaccines. The article specifically focuses on recent CERTs research on the use of computerized information systems in health care settings.
Building a Better CPOE System Via MEDMARX Data
On Aug 15, 2012 | Comments
Pharmacy Practice News
August 2012 | Volume 30
A research project, funded by a National Patient Safety Foundation Research Grant, sheds new light on the types of errors that can occur with computerized physician order entry. This article summarizes finding of Gordon Schiff, MD, principal investigator.
Read the article from Pharmacy Practice News.
NPSF Awards Research Grants Focusing on Critical Care Nursing and Home Health Care After Hospitalization
On May 09, 2012 | CommentsGrant Award Recipients from Johns Hopkins University and University of Pittsburgh School of Nursing
BOSTON, MA (May 9, 2012) – The National Patient Safety Foundation (NPSF) today announced that it has awarded a total of $200,000 in grants for two innovative patient safety research projects. The grants are awarded through the NPSF Research Grants Program, which promotes studies leading to the prevention of human errors, system errors, patient injuries, and their consequences. Read More→
TOP-MEDS: Developing Tools to Promote Medication Safety
On Mar 19, 2012 | CommentsCenter for Education and Research on Therapeutics at University of Illinois-Chicago Aims to Deliver Tools, Training, and Technology
A hospitalized patient receiving opioids for pain may have little in common with a patient in a primary care clinic who is struggling to control diabetes mellitus. Yet these vastly different clinical scenarios are similar in one significant way: In both cases, there is a strong risk that medication is not being optimally prescribed or taken, with the result being less-than-optimal outcomes and, perhaps, gaps in patient safety.
These problems are also part of the focus of a $4.25 million, five-year contract awarded last fall by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality as part of the Centers for Education and Research on Therapeutics (CERTs) program. Led by Bruce Lambert, PhD, professor of pharmacy administration and director of the CERT at the University of Illinois at Chicago, the Tools for Optimizing Medication Safety (TOP-MEDS) project has broad goals for improving the prescribing of opioids; reducing drug name confusion; enhancing post-marketing surveillance of adverse drug events; and improving patients’ understanding of and compliance with drug regimens. Read More→
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.
NPSF Awards Research Grants to Study Rapid Response Team Events and Patient Handoffs
On May 09, 2011 | Comments
Grant Recipients from Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Ohio State University Medical Center Chosen from Field of 125 Submissions
BOSTON, MA (May 9, 2011) – The National Patient Safety Foundation (NPSF) today announced that it has awarded $200,000 in grants to two researchers at leading medical centers. The grants are awarded through the NPSF Research Grants Program, which promotes studies leading to the prevention of human errors, system errors, patient injuries and their consequences. Read More→
