“A Prescription for Patient Safety, One Partnership, One Team,” is Monday, March 9, 8 am to 12:30 pm, Amphitheater 1, University Campus; 55 Lake Avenue North, Worcester, MA
8 am: Patient Health Care Literacy at the Forefront - Marilyn Kramer, Partnership for Health Care Excellence
9 am: Mission Possible: Transforming Quality and Safety Programs in Partnership
The ASMSO Board has been hard at work developing the general organization of the society. During a recent conference call we decided that a needs assessment survey should be completed to gain a better understanding of what the membership wants. CLICK HERE to take the survey.
The Joint Commission and the National Quality Forum (NQF) are accepting applications for the 2009 John M. Eisenberg Patient Safety and Quality Awards, which recognize individuals and health care organizations that are making significant contributions in improving the safety and quality of patient care.
A new study reveals clinicians often override medication safety alerts in the ambulatory setting and rely instead on their own judgment.
Adverse drug events include those that are nonpreventable (adverse drug reactions) and those that are preventable by definition (medication errors).
Medication errors continue to be one of the most frequent causes of preventable harms in health care.
The IHI Open School for Health Professions is an interprofessional educational community that gives students the skills to become change agents in health care improvement. Here's what the IHI Open School offers:
Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act (HITECH), the plan would encourage doctors and hospitals to use electronic record-keeping and ordering systems by providing $18 million in incentives through Medicare and Medicaid reimbursements.
