Patient Safety Movement

MARCH 30, 2023

–( BUSINESS WIRE )–Joe Kiani, founder of the Patient Safety Movement Foundation (PSMF), has been awarded the 2023 Robert L. Wears Patient Safety Leadership Award in the individual category, along with Dr. Kathryn Kellogg, Vice President for Patient Safety at the MedStar Institute for Quality & Safety.

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Patient Safety Movement

JUNE 2, 2023

President Clinton calls for a culture of conversion to promote patient safety in healthcare. June 2, 2023 — President Bill Clinton, 42nd President of the United States, headlined day two of the 10th Annual World Patient Safety, Science & Technology Summit, presented by the Patient Safety Movement Foundation (PSMF).

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Patient Safety Movement

JUNE 2, 2023

President Clinton calls for a culture of conversion to promote patient safety in healthcare. June 2, 2023 — President Bill Clinton, 42nd President of the United States, headlined day two of the 10th Annual World Patient Safety, Science & Technology Summit, presented by the Patient Safety Movement Foundation (PSMF).

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Readiness Rounds

OCTOBER 19, 2022

After looking at and digesting the data, one thing is very clear: hospitals, by and large, have not embraced a culture of safety or come to the realization that any occurrence of patient harm is absolutely unacceptable. If not, here’s the link: [link]. Where are the consumer watchdogs for healthcare?

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Briggs Healthcare

MARCH 14, 2022

Patient Safety Awareness Week is an annual recognition event intended to encourage everyone to learn more about health care safety. Patient Safety Awareness Week serves as a dedicated time and platform for growing awareness about patient safety and recognizing the work already being done.

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HIT Consultant

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Jordan Messler, MD, SFHM, FACP, Chief Medical Officer at Glytec The modern-day hospital is grappling with an alarming trend. Hospitals and health systems have long understood the need to reduce preventable hypoglycemia, yet despite a renewed sense of urgency, many of them lack comprehensive glycemic management measures that can drive success.

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Patient Safety Movement

JUNE 1, 2023

On the first day of the Summit, global patient safety leaders call for increased urgency in reducing preventable deaths. We know what the outcomes are in hospitals. A large proportion of patient safety problems can be eliminated. Irvine, Calif., Irvine, Calif., We’re now getting real data.

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Bill Of Health

OCTOBER 28, 2022

A fundamental issue in England’s National Health Service (NHS) patient safety culture development, however, is whether health care staff implement the necessary communication changes in light of adverse health care events. About 500 times each year we are not preventing the preventable.

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Briggs Healthcare

MARCH 9, 2022

March 8, 2022 – As the world enters the third year of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC) is issuing an urgent call-to-action to shore up the nation’s infection prevention and control (IPC) infrastructure. Arlington, Va.,

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Health Populi

MARCH 14, 2023

In 2014, ECRI pivoted the title of this annual report to “patient safety concerns,” a nuance away from health technology. Fast forward to 2023 and ECRI’s latest take on the Top 10 Patient Safety Concerns 2023. Topping the 2023 list of patient safety concerns is the pediatric mental health crisis.

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HIT Consultant

APRIL 3, 2024

If a hospital sees a high rate of readmissions for patients with a certain procedure, it’s important to look at why that’s happening so that it can be addressed rather than allowed to recur. Readmits are bad for patients and hospitals, driving up costs and exposing each to unnecessary risk.

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Patient Safety

SEPTEMBER 17, 2021

Executive Director’s Choice Award: Fall prevention is an important initiative for every hospital unit in providing excellent care. Recently, the nursing team on 3 South at Fox Chase Cancer Center reached the significant milestone of one full year—365 consecutive days—with no patient falls on their unit.

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Patient Safety Movement

JULY 31, 2023

One of the great sources of frustration for everyone working within the field of patient safety is that many of the solutions we need to prevent harm are already available. Assessing 11 Massachusetts hospitals, it found that nearly one in four patients admitted experienced an adverse event.

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Patient Safety Movement

JULY 31, 2023

One of the great sources of frustration for everyone working within the field of patient safety is that many of the solutions we need to prevent harm are already available. Assessing 11 Massachusetts hospitals, it found that nearly one in four patients admitted experienced an adverse event.

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Healthcare It News

MAY 3, 2023

Three of the most stubborn and dangerous healthcare-associated infections are on the rise in acute care settings across the country, according to the Leapfrog Group, which published its spring 2023 Hospital Safety Grades on Wednesday. "Infections like these can be life or death for some patients.

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PDC Healthcare

OCTOBER 19, 2023

When a patient checks in to a hospital or a non-acute care facility, their personal and medical data needs to be recorded. Each patient has an EMR (Electronic Medical Record), which needs to be updated each time a patient needs care.

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HIT Consultant

OCTOBER 18, 2023

Like using preventive measures such as diet and exercise to stave off heart disease and other dangerous health conditions, healthcare has a distinct opportunity to prevent the spread of infections by addressing one of the primary root causes, improper cleaning and disinfecting. In total, fungal infections kill at least 1.6

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HIT Consultant

AUGUST 21, 2023

These demographic trends are causing shifts within the healthcare sector and resulting in increased expenditure associated with the costs of treatment and prevention in old age. Both a lack of clinical engagement and inadequate resources are two often-cited areas that prevent better integration of otherwise promising digital solutions.

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HIT Consultant

JULY 13, 2023

News & World Report will incorporate the 3M™ Ambulatory Potentially Preventable Complications (3M AM-PPCs) software in the analysis of its 2023-2024 Best Hospitals Specialty rankings.

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Patient Safety Movement

MARCH 28, 2024

“I believe in data transparency, and it is unacceptable that we lack clarity on the true number of patient harm events.” Early detection coupled with a healthy diet and exercise could prevent over 90% of deaths caused by this type of cancer. The Patient Safety Movement Foundation will be well represented.

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HIT Consultant

MARCH 17, 2023

One in five people who have a heart attack will be re-admitted to the hospital for a second one within five years, and there are about 335,000 recurrent heart attacks in the U.S. Patient Safety-Oriented Cardiovascular Health Research Headquartered in Utah with locations in eight states and additional operations across the western U.S.,

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Readiness Rounds

AUGUST 28, 2023

How Patient Satisfaction (HCAHPS) is Impacted by the Hospital’s Physical Environment Patient satisfaction and HCAHPS improvements go far beyond medical expertise or outcome. The hospital environment plays a pivotal role in shaping a patient's (and visitors) experience and overall satisfaction.

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Briggs Healthcare

JULY 17, 2023

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare CMS posted QSO-23-19-Hospitals this morning (July 17, 2023). Medicare-certified hospitals have a regulatory obligation to care for patients in a safe setting under the Medicare Hospital Conditions of Participation at §482.13(c)(2).

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HIT Consultant

MARCH 19, 2024

In this pivotal role, Gall will be instrumental in furthering Collette Health’s mission of integrating virtual patient safety solutions to prevent falls and adverse events while enhancing patient outcomes.

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Susan E. Mazer, Ph.D

MARCH 17, 2017

I have always wondered why patient safety is talked about by itself. As if all other procedures, policies, and practices are not about safety. And why should patient safety be separate from the patient experience? For staff, patient safety is a lot like playing in tune for a musician.

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Health Populi

APRIL 3, 2024

The phrase “patient safety” summons up a list of common sources such as medication errors, surgical errors, health care-associated infections, diagnostic errors, among other adverse events and harms people experience in the course of receiving health care. “Safety is the foundation of healthcare. points, 81.8%

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Home Health Care

MAY 30, 2022

The traditional brick-and-mortar hospital system is broken, often leaving patients in a condition that’s worse than when they first arrived. The findings throw further support for facility-based care alternatives, including the types of hospital-at-home models that lean heavily on home health and home care agencies.

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Susan E. Mazer, Ph.D

DECEMBER 2, 2016

How can patients have good experiences if they do not feel safe? And, how is patient safety evidenced beyond the accidents that do not happen? Safety precautions are ever present in our daily lives. Or the protocols for preventing falls that seem inconvenient because the patient seems too healthy to need them.

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Patient Safety Movement

DECEMBER 1, 2023

Four out of five of these pregnancy deaths were considered preventable.2,3 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, “Four in 5 Pregnancy-Related Deaths in the U.S. Are Preventable.”, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2023. 2,3 We must improve access to good maternity care. Michael A.E. Blanchi, D.W.,

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Patient Safety Movement

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

In honor of World Health Organization World Patient Safety Day 2023, the Patient Safety Movement Foundation hosted a webinar dedicated to the theme of “Empowering Patients.” Children’s Hospital and the Stollery Children’s Hospital.

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Readiness Rounds

AUGUST 21, 2023

COVID-19 on the Rise Again In a world affected by the ongoing COVID issues, hospitals have been at the forefront of battling the virus and caring for those affected. "It Bluntly put, there is no justification for a hospital to allow ANY non-patient to enter the building sick!!!! It is a fact. COVID cases are up again.

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Patient Safety Movement

JUNE 28, 2023

President Bill Clinton, the 42nd President of the United States, joined us again and demonstrated his strong commitment to patient safety. The event fostered a high-level exchange of ideas and initiatives to improve global patient safety.

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Patient Safety Movement

MAY 18, 2023

The First Post-Covid In-Person World Patient Safety, Science & Technology Summit June 1-2, 2023 – Newport Beach, California Please join us at the 10th Annual World Patient Safety, Science & Technology Summit. The Summit’s focus is on eliminating preventable harm for both patients and healthcare workers.

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HIT Consultant

JANUARY 10, 2023

What You Should Know: – Avel eCare, the nation’s leading provider of clinician-to-clinician telemedicine services, today announced the acquisition of NightWatch , a West Virginia-based company that provides remote pharmacy services to hospitals, clinics and nursing homes throughout the Midwest and mid-Atlantic region.

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Susan E. Mazer, Ph.D

OCTOBER 28, 2016

Note: This is a popular post from 2014 that is still relevant to the critical issue of patient safety. Florence Nightingale was not only the Mother of Modern Nursing; she also was the Mother of Healthcare Design and Patient Safety. She demanded ongoing documentation of patient progress and invented the nurse call system.

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Healthcare It News

JUNE 18, 2022

’ “We know all the benefits of digital health tools and services in terms of patient safety, care quality and cost reduction,” said Dr Seroussi. ” Healthcare without Harm produced a global roadmap in 2021, which lies out three pathways where hospitals can make improvements.

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Patient Safety Movement

JANUARY 1, 2023

There were several key changes this year for the Patient Safety Movement Foundation. Along with our Founder, Joe Kiani, we are laser focused on achieving a safer healthcare system, with zero preventable harm—both for patients and clinicians. To make sure we reach all hospitals, we need you on this journey with us.

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