IHI Releases the “IHI Improvement Map” Resource for Improvement Information
Posted: 10/20/2009 The Institute for Healthcare Improvement recently released a free on-line tool to assist users in accessing the IHI Improvement Map components for identifying process improvements that can lead to better patient outcomes. The tool provides users with the ability to create an improvement plan, set and align priorities, and obtain a knowledge base in the focus areas chosen within the Improvement Map.

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APIC Trains Personnel in Their Role in Infection Prevention
Posted: 9/14/2009
The Association of Professionals in Infection Control has established an online library to assist in eliminating healthcare acquired infections (HAIs), containing training materials, and resources for orientation, ongoing education and quality projects.
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ASHRM Publishes Booklet with Medication Safety Guidance
Posted: 9/14/2009
In a new publication, “Risk Management Pearls for Medication Safety” the American Society for Healthcare Risk Management, offers medication safety guidance supporting risk managers’ efforts to engage their colleagues in efforts to reduce errors and their potential harm. The resource provides practical strategies in a pocket-sized format for easy reference. A free preview is available.
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New Joint Commission Speak Up Campaign on Child Care Safety
Posted: 9/14/2009
The Joint Commission has launched this new campaign, part of its award-winning Speak Up™ program to help parents ask the right questions and be actively involved in their child’s care in the doctor’s office, in the hospital, or at home.

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New Resources to Advance Quality and Safety in Nursing Care
Posted: 9/14/2009 Two publications on safety and quality from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation as part of their "Charting Nursing's Future" address elements of a highly reliable organizations and models of nursing-related health information technologist. "Addressing the Quality and Safety Gap--Part I: Case Studies in Transforming Hospital Nursing and Building Cultures of Safety" and “Addressing the Quality and Safety Gap--Part II: How Nurses are Shaping, and Being Shaped by, Health Information Technologies" provides information about educational efforts to bring nursing faculty online and build awareness of how to engage nurses in health policy.

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