Medscape

Development and Implementation of a Pediatric Patient Safety Program

Patient safety is one of the greatest imperatives in healthcare today; however, there are many obstacles that must be overcome to make the healthcare system truly safe. This article describes one ...
Managed Healthcare Executive

A Q&A with Zahra Mahmoudjafari on building successful cell and gene therapy programs

Zahra Mahmoudjafari explains how cell and gene therapy programs succeed with strong infrastructure, pharmacy leadership, ...
JD Supra

Ep. 18 - Incorporating Quality and Patient Safety into Your Compliance Program

Does your compliance program incorporate quality and patient safety issues? Or, are you treating the two areas as separate and distinct departments? The OIG’s General Compliance Program Guidance ...
Becker's Hospital Review

How Health Systems Can Create a Robust, Enterprise-Wide Patient Safety Program

Detroit-based Henry Ford Health System launched its “No Harm Campaign” in 2008, a system-wide approach to patient safety that has a goal of reducing adverse events by 50 percent by 2013. HFHS is ...
Becker's Hospital Review

Hospital Patient Safety Program Success Inspires Pilot Program for Nursing Home Safety

Health professionals in Hartford, Conn., have created a program for improving patient safety in nursing homes through reduction of human error, according to a report from The Courant. The program is ...
Becker's ASC

Study: Patient Safety Program Can Improve Safety Climate

An obstetrics patient safety program can improve safety climate and staff perceptions of safety, according to an article published in American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology. Researchers ...
HUB

Patient safety program reduces unnecessary antibiotic use in long-term care facilities

In early 2021, researchers at Johns Hopkins Medicine and NORC at the University of Chicago showed that the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, or AHRQ, Safety Program for Improving Antibiotic ...
Becker's ASC

Ohio Patient Safety Program Reduces Adverse Drug Events and Patient Days, Receives Recognition of HHS

A patient safety initiative in Ohio that has produced significant reductions in infections and costs has received the recognition of U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, ...
Forbes

Patient Safety And Quality In A Virtual Environment: 3 Questions You Should Ask Your Telehealth Partner

Patient safety sets the foundation for a safe, equitable, trustworthy care experience – regardless of whether you’re operating in a virtual health system, or a physical one. And yet, despite increased ...
Grand Forks Herald

Aurora Dialysis awarded 5-Diamond Patient Safety Program Award

Aurora Dialysis, located in Grand Forks, ND was recently awarded the 5-Diamond Patient Safety Program award and will receive special recognition at Network 11's Annual Meeting, October 2012, in ...
Medscape

Development and Implementation of a Pediatric Patient Safety Program

In the aftermath of the transplant mismatch an exhaustive review of patient safety literature was completed; a re-evaluation of the organization's compliance with the IOM recommendations was carried ...