Come join the passionate and motivated staff at the Missouri Center for Patient Safety where our vision is “a healthcare environment safe for all patients, in all processes, all the time.” The Center is a nationally recognized leader in patient safety work, serving as a federally listed Patient Safety Organization (PSO) with over 180 participants; leading the national CUSP/Stop CLABSI and Stop CAUTI collaboratives in Missouri; and developing the first ever PSO adverse event reporting system for emergency medical services. The Center has the benefits of a large company and the flexibility of a small office setting. The Center is currently accepting applications for the position of part-time administrative assistant. VIEW JOB DESCRIPTION and APPLY TODAY!
April is Missouri Patient Safety Awareness Month
Jefferson City, Missouri (PRWEB) April 02, 2012
Jefferson City, Missouri – April 2, 2012 — April is Patient Safety Awareness Month (PSAM) in Missouri and the Missouri Center for Patient Safety (MOCPS), is recognizing the importance of safe health care 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year, by making available resources on safe care for consumers, and a Safety Promotion Toolkit for healthcare providers and professionals to promote their continuous focus on safe care. http://www.mocps.org/april-2012-missouri-patient-safety-awareness-month
Registration for the Third Annual EMS Patient Safety and PSO Conference is now open!
Are you an EMS provider who cares about patient safety and creating a culture of safety – this conference is for you!
Join us in Columbia, Missouri on Tuesday, May 15th, at the Stoney Creek Inn where you will learn about communication; balancing response times and safety; view the EMS Just Culture staff training materials; and participate in hands-on work with policies and procedures for submitting information to a PSO.
Career Opportunity at MOCPS! DEADLINE March 30!
Come join the exciting and challenging environment of the Missouri Center for Patient Safety! We are looking for a Project Manager to coordinate and manage our clinical improvement initiatives. For the full description, visit our Employment Opportunities page! Deadline to apply is March 30th.
Find the Invisible Gorilla at the April Patient Safety Conference, Sponsored by MOCPS!
Please join us for another great patient safety conference experience Tuesday, April 17, 2012 at the Stoney Creek Inn in Columbia, Missouri! Register Today!
This year, Dan Simons, PhD, author of The Invisible Gorilla and Professor of Psychology at Beckman Institute of the University of Illinois will present: How our intuitions Deceive Us – Human Factors at Play.
“The Invisible Gorilla just might teach us to be more humble, understanding, and forgiving” (The New York Times)
More about Dan Simons: Read More
Vendors Hurry to Join the 6TH ANNUAL MOCPS CONFERENCE! April 17, 2012 Stoney Creek Inn Columbia, MO
Show your support for safe health care with a Vendor Booth at “Conquering Chaos – the Humanity and Science of Safe Care,” the 2012 Missouri Center for Patient Safety Conference. The conference will be on Tuesday, April 17, 2012 at the Stoney Creek Inn in Columbia, Missouri.
WE WELCOME YOUR INVOLVEMENT AS A SPONSOR OR VENDOR! But hurry! Payment must be received prior to April 10 in order for booth space to be provided.
Please complete our 2012 SPONSOR AND VENDOR APPLICATION FORM indicating the desired Sponsor Level, Activity of Interest and/or Vendor Booth. Return the form to Marilyn Lieneke at mlieneke@mocps.org or by fax to 573/636-8608. Read More
Patient Safety Toolkit Now Available
AHRQ has released a toolkit and orientation video specifically designed to guide hospitals in the use of improvement methods for Quality Indictors (QIs). While the focus is primarily on the 17 Patient Safety Indicators (PSIs) and the 28 Inpatient Quality Indicators (IQIs), the toolkit is a general guide to the application of improvement methods. Quality Leaders will benefit from the available resources within the toolkit, but senior leaders, data analysts, and others will find valuable content including benchmark comparisons and identification of coding and documentation issues that affect PSI and IQI rates.
Joplin’s St. Johns Hospital to be Keynote Panel at MOCPS Conference in April
Friends, we at MOCPS are excited to have you join us in April for another great patient safety conference experience Tuesday, April 17, 2012 at the Stoney Creek Inn in Columbia, Missouri! This year’s Conquering Chaos – The Humanity and Science of Safe Care brings national and state experts together to network and learn strategies to meet the ever increasing challenges of providing safe care!
Our Keynote Panel from St. Johns in Joplin will present The Joplin experience: maintaining the focus – safety during chaos.
Panelists from St. Johns will share their insights, tips and lessons learned in maintaining the safety of their patients and staff, and navigating the regulatory maze during the deadly May 2011 tornado.
Additional Conference Objectives:
• Examine successful disaster preparedness strategies, challenges, and learning to maintain patient and staff safety during and after disasters
• Describe the impact of human factors on patient care
• Discuss the importance of teamwork and communication in providing safe care
• Examine how proven successful safety practices can be replicated
• Discuss with industry leaders safety-of-care issues, applicable to any healthcare setting
