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Patient Safety Monitor Journal - Volume 16, Issue 1

Improving engagement scores

January 1, 2015
Quality & Errors

Safety champions at Henry Ford Health System have helped transform the way staff members prevent patient harm

Patient Safety Monitor Journal - Volume 16, Issue 1

The Joint Commission officially releases new patient safety chapter

January 1, 2015
Patient Safety

After much anticipation from patient safety experts, on October 20, The Joint Commission released its new Patient Safety Systems chapter, which will be included in the 2015 Comprehensive Accreditation Manual for Hospitals. As The Joint Commission previously indicated, the...

Patient Safety Monitor Journal - Volume 16, Issue 1

Could Google Glass improve surgical outcomes?

January 1, 2015
Patient Safety

Responding to knowledge gap with emerging surgical tools, FUSE training program aims to improve device safety and reduce patient harm

Patient Safety Monitor Journal - Volume 15, Issue 12

APIC's ABCs of antibiotic resistance

December 1, 2014
Environment and Facilities

An executive order from President Obama and a rash of new studies have thrust the importance of antimicrobial stewardship into the national spotlight

Patient Safety Monitor Journal - Volume 15, Issue 12

Joint Commission announces new 2015 Patient Safety Systems chapter

December 1, 2014
Patient Safety

With limited information available, the new chapter references leadership standards, but it's unclear how it will impact the survey process

Patient Safety Monitor Journal - Volume 15, Issue 12

ICD-10 transition could pose challenges to patient safety data

December 1, 2014

A new study reveals that specific patient safety indicators could be significantly altered in the transition to the new coding system

Patient Safety Monitor Journal - Volume 15, Issue 12

Senate subcommittee turns its attention to patient safety

December 1, 2014
Patient Safety

Experts testify that there are more than 1,000 preventable deaths each day and that patient safety is no better than it was 15 years ago

Patient Safety Monitor Journal - Volume 15, Issue 12

Does patient satisfaction translate to high-quality care?

December 1, 2014
Quality & Errors

A new Johns Hopkins study raises additional questions about the correlation ­between what patients think they know about their medical condition versus their true understanding

Patient Safety Monitor Journal - Volume 15, Issue 11

Critics of Partnership for Patients program question validity of outcomes

November 1, 2014
Quality & Errors

When the Partnership for Patients (PfP) program was announced in April 2011, it was billed by CMS Administrator Don Berwick as "the largest national effort on patient safety that we've ever seen." With a $1 billion price tag, paid for by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS...

Patient Safety Monitor Journal - Volume 15, Issue 11

Elements of Toyota Production System help integrate bar code medication administration

November 1, 2014
Quality & Errors

Health technology is intended to simplify processes, improve efficiency, and?most importantly?improve care. But more studies are showing that without an effective implementation plan, these systems can result in staff workarounds and additional patient safety problems.

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