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Patient Safety Monitor Journal - Volume 16, Issue 5

In Minnesota, adverse event improvement goes beyond statistics

May 1, 2015
Quality & Errors

Although patient safety data has played a larger role in dictating hospital and state initiatives, sometimes statistics are only one piece of the puzzle.

Patient Safety Monitor Journal - Volume 16, Issue 5

Preventing adverse drug events requires pharmacist involvement

May 1, 2015
Quality & Errors

Adverse drug events (ADE) make up an overwhelming number of healthcare-acquired conditions (HAC), but prevention efforts are often overshadowed by more pressing and more regulated needs surrounding healthcare-acquired infections (HAI).

Patient Safety Monitor Journal - Volume 16, Issue 5

Ohio Children's Hospital initiative expands ­quality improvement outside state lines

May 1, 2015
Policies and Procedures

Initiative saved $60 million and avoided 2,500 serious events in the last three years

Patient Safety Monitor Journal - Volume 16, Issue 5

NPSF roundtable reevaluates patient safety ­priorities

May 1, 2015
Patient Safety

Fifteen years after the Institute of Medicine's landmark report, To Err Is Human: Building a Safer Health System, the National Patient Safety Foundation (NPSF) convened quality care experts to discuss patient safety priorities for the next 15 years.

Patient Safety Monitor Journal - Volume 16, Issue 4

Are readmissions penalties fair? How community factors influence the equation

April 1, 2015
Quality & Errors

Studies show that income, the number of primary care physicians, and the quality of nursing homes impact readmission rates

Patient Safety Monitor Journal - Volume 16, Issue 4

Measles outbreak raises patient safety challenge for pediatricians

April 1, 2015
Patient Safety

As measles cases increase across the country, some physicians are adopting a hardline stance against unvaccinated patients

Patient Safety Monitor Journal - Volume 16, Issue 4

NPSF report homes in on the importance of transparency in healthcare

April 1, 2015
Patient Safety

Although transparency is often met with fears of litigation, experts identify four domains where quality improvement relies on open communication

Patient Safety Monitor Journal - Volume 16, Issue 4

Care transitions are complex, but crucial to patient safety and quality care

April 1, 2015
Patient Safety

Journal for Healthcare Quality issue focuses on importance of involving patients and families

Patient Safety Monitor Journal - Volume 16, Issue 4

Medicaid reform paves the way to improved care in Oregon

April 1, 2015
Accreditation & Survey Preparation

Three years after cutting a deal for $1.9 billion in federal funding, Oregon is seeing improvements

Patient Safety Monitor Journal - Volume 16, Issue 4

Studies show tracking surgical outcomes doesn't necessarily lead to improvement

April 1, 2015
Quality & Errors

Two studies published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) indicate that improvements in surgical care are not dependent on tracking surgical complications.

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