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Newsletter, October 2022

Patient Safety Movement

NEW FEDERAL EFFORTS TO IMPROVE NURSING HOME SAFETY The White House has just announced a plan to improve the safety and quality of care in the nation’s nursing homes, aimed to protect seniors from an industry known for its lack of accountability. To learn more about this important and developing issue, be sure to read the full article.

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Newsletter, December 2022

Patient Safety Movement

Aligned Incentives—Payment for quality of care, not volume of care. DONATE TODAY GOVERNANCE BOARD Mike Durkin, OBE, MBBS, FRCA, FRCP, DSC, Chairman of PSMF , Senior advisor on Patient Safety Policy and Leadership, Institute of Global Health Innovation, Imperial College London Steven J.

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Newsletter, July 2023

Patient Safety Movement

Aligned incentives should be instituted, in which payment is made for quality of care and not for bad outcomes when evidence-based practices were not used. Heather Gocke, M.S.,

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Newsletter, March 2023

Patient Safety Movement

Working for the Ministry of Health in Yenagoa, Nigeria, his role as a program manager focuses on quality of care and patient safety. Ebikapaye Okoyen, MD, participated in the first cohort of our Patient Safety Fellowship Program.

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Newsletter, June 2023

Patient Safety Movement

Dr. Sanaz Massoumi, the Patient Safety Movement Foundation’s COO, called for a shift in focus, urging healthcare workers to prioritize the quality of care they provide over the sheer volume of cases. Dr. Peter Ziese advocated for a preventive approach, suggesting that instead of reacting to issues, we should strive to prevent them.

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Roundup: Sheba Medical Center launches remote monitoring program, ORCHA creates digital health academy and more

Healthcare It News

Pharma firm Boehringer Ingelheim is sponsoring the online training portal, which will be available in March 2022 and aspires to improve the digital skills of all NHS health and care professionals by 2031. ” Digital transformation in community health services needs backing, says report.

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State Strategies to Increase Diversity in the Behavioral Health Workforce

NASHP

New Mexico is working toward a more representative professional health workforce through educational outreach and training efforts for both licensed and non-licensed professionals, including community health workers (CHW).