Failure Recovery Tool Offers Guidance Amid the ‘Chaos and Shock’ of Medical Errors In January, LifeWings Partners LLC, an organization that specializes in patient safety training and best practices, released a failure recovery tool aimed at standardizing the way hospitals respond to medical errors. Patient Safety Monitor Journal spoke with Stephen W. Harden, chairman and CEO of LifeWings in Collierville, Tennessee, about the new tool and how hospitals can integrate it into their patient safety systems. Read More | The Internet of Healthcare Things Many healthcare organizations are currently seeking to leverage the potential benefits of the Internet of Healthcare Things (IoHT), where objects have network connectivity and data can be shared and analyzed, resulting in better, more efficient healthcare and giving patients the power to proactively care for themselves. Read More | Hopkins: ‘Cascading Accountability’ Boost Ambulatory Quality, Safety Johns Hopkins Medicine coordinates high-quality care across ambulatory care centers, using a model it says has resulted in improved metrics associated with breast cancer screenings, immunizations, and diabetes management. Read More | Online First: Viewpoint - Let’s Fix One Real Problem with Patient Safety Measurement has proven foundational to advancing individual and collective performance in every business endeavor, vocational pursuit, professional sport, and recreational hobby. People do not always appreciate being measured, and some fear the implication more than others. But every successful advancement over the past century has been aided, and ultimately affirmed, by metrics that authenticate comparative achievement. Read More | Sponsored Webcast: Gatorounds and the Rothman Index - Applying Championship Athletic Principles to Patient Safety When UF Health needed a game plan to better align all members of its healthcare team, they opted to take a page from the University of Florida Gators' athletics championship playbook and developed Gatorounds, a multidisciplinary approach to medical rounds that focuses on enhanced clinician communication to more efficiently and safely provide patient care. UF Health took it one step further and added PeraHealth's Rothman Index to the game plan.
Join us for this interactive webinar and learn how UF Health leverages Gatorounds and the Rothman Index to create a universal language for clinicians and keep score of patient conditins to provide more efficient, effective care. Read More |
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