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National Patient Safety Foundation to Host Webcast on Patient Safety Across the Continuum of Care

2013-04-12 23:02:42

Educational program for health professionals to focus on care transitions and mitigating patient safety risks. Boston, MA (PRWEB) April 12, 2013 Getting out of the hospital sounds like a good thing, but in fact, it’s actually a vulnerable time for many patients. Breakdowns in communication between inpatient and ambulatory health care providers or facilities are more likely to occur during these transitions in care, potentially resulting in medical errors, safety lapses, or lack of...

How to Create a Culture of Safety in Healthcare Along With LifeWings

2013-04-12 23:01:03

Captain Steve Montague, Vice President of LifeWings Partners LLC, will be a featured speaker at the 2013 Center for Improvement in Healthcare Quality Summit. Captain Montague's presentation will focus on the importance of organizational culture in providing safe, quality patient care to decrease medical errors in our healthcare system across the nation. Collierville, TN (PRWEB) April 12, 2013 Captain Steve Montague, Vice President of LifeWings Partners LLC, will be a featured speaker...

Healthgrades 2013 Patient Safety Excellence Report Demonstrates Variation in Patient Safety Outcomes and the Importance of Being an Informed Consumer

2013-04-09 08:25:25

Healthgrades Recognizes Nation's Top 10% of all Hospitals with the 2013 Patient Safety Excellence Award(TM) DENVER, April 9, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Healthgrades, the leading online resource that helps consumers search, evaluate, compare and connect with physicians and hospitals, today issued a new report, "Variation in Patient Safety Outcomes and the Importance of Being Informed" that measures how well hospitals are keeping patients safe by preventing medical errors and avoidable...

Moving the Needle on Patient Safety: Mediaplanet, National Patient Safety Foundation, Masimo Corporation, and other industry leaders unite to address the issue of medical harm in the U.S., and what is being done about it

2013-03-29 08:21:58

NEW YORK, March 29, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Mediaplanet Publishing releases a special report entitled Patient Safety, today Friday, March 29(th). The publication will be distributed as a 12 page special interest section within USA Today and will also be distributed at numerous industry events and various online and social media channels. In support of Patient Safety Awareness Month this March, this publication creates a platform for the healthcare industry to come together as one...

Tennessee Hospitals Take Aim at Medical Error with Aerial Aces

2013-03-27 23:00:25

The Tennessee Center for Patient Safety will be partnering with the Tennessee based LifeWings patient safety training company to improve patient safety standards across the state. The aim of this project will be to advance the adoption of TeamSTEPPS, a patient safety program built on the best practices from aviation to improve the reliability, safety and quality of care and save lives in Tennessee hospitals. http://www.saferpatients.com Collierville, Tennessee (PRWEB) March 27, 2013 The...

Patient Care Risks On The Rise Due To Regulations To Reduce Intern Work Hours

2013-03-27 07:26:10

Lawrence LeBlond for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online National regulations put in place in 2011 to reduce the number of continuous-duty hours that first-year resident physicians were required to maintain has been more troublesome than beneficial. The norm for 30-hour shifts was reduced to 16 hours in order to protect patients from overworked and sleep-deprived doctors-in-training. However, new joint findings from Johns Hopkins University (JHU) and the University of Michigan reveal...

Former Military Pilot and Vice President of LifeWings to Speak at MEDNAX

2013-03-17 23:00:15

Colonel Korky von Kessel, former military fighter pilot and Senior V.P. of LifeWings, will speak at the MEDNAX Medical Directors Meeting in April to discuss patient safety and creating a just culture. Participants will learn how other healthcare organizations followed the LifeWings aviation-based safety methodologies to change their culture and created high performance workplaces that provided exceptional care for their patients. Collierville, Tennessee (PRWEB) March 17, 2013 Colonel...

Patients' Compensation System Introduced in Florida Legislature

2013-03-06 08:25:51

New Medical Malpractice System Would Reduce Healthcare Costs TALLAHASSEE, Fla., March 6, 2013 /PRNewswire-iReach/ -- In an effort to reduce skyrocketing healthcare costs and increase access to justice for medically injured patients, Sen. Alan Hays (R-Umatilla) and Rep. Jason T. Brodeur (R-Sanford) are introducing today bold new legislation which would replace the state's current medical malpractice system with a no-blame, administrative model. (Photo:...

New AHRQ evidence report details top patient safety strategies

2013-03-04 20:22:35

ROCKVILLE, Md., March 4, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- In a major effort to help health care systems protect the safety of patients in the United States, HHS' Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) today released a report identifying the top 10 patient safety strategies that can be implemented immediately by health care providers. Based on an assessment of evidence about patient safety interventions, the report finds that these 10 strategies, if widely implemented, have...

Codonics Safe Label System and The Emily Jerry Foundation on "Mission of Safety" during National Patient Safety Week

2013-03-04 08:28:03

National Patient Safety Week presents an ideal time to reinforce how technology helps reduce the risk of deadly outcomes in the operating room and beyond CLEVELAND, March 4, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Medication errors are happening right now, somewhere. Despite persistent education and best efforts, errors continue to occur in the perioperative environment. National Patient Safety Week, March 3-9, 2013, focuses on educating patients and healthcare professionals and underscores the need...