Patient Safety Awareness Week is an annual recognition event intended to encourage everyone to learn more about health care safety. This week’s Friday Five rounds up some resources and events regarding patient safety.
From the AHRQ Blog – AHRQ funding opportunities aim to address today’s essential challenges in advancing and improving healthcare delivery. However, this one may carry particular weight because we believe that effective, safe AI use has the potential to profoundly change American healthcare.
CMS issued a proposed rule updating Medicare payments and policies for inpatient hospitals and long-term care hospitals. The proposed rule takes a variety of approaches to improving the health of people with Medicare by addressing social determinants of health, strengthening emergency preparedness, and improving maternal health.
By Robert Otto Valdez PhD, MHSA & Stephen Raab MD – As we celebrated Patient Safety Awareness Week 2024, AHRQ again placed particular emphasis on an aspect of healthcare delivery increasingly recognized as essential to high-quality care: timely and accurate diagnosis.
Patient Safety Awareness Week is an annual recognition event intended to encourage everyone to learn more about health care safety. This week’s Friday Five rounds up some resources and events regarding patient safety.
CMS issued a proposed rule for inpatient and long-term care hospitals that builds on the Biden-Harris Administration’s key priorities to advance health equity and support underserved communities.
By Robert Otto Valdez PhD MHSA – Nearly three years after COVID-19’s unwelcome arrival, the U.S. healthcare system is still staggering under the strain. The pandemic’s worst aspects may be behind us, but its effects reverberate today among patients, clinicians, and healthcare workers.
Three Grants Awarded in the NCPDP Foundation’s First Grant Cycle of 2022. Research Projects will Explore the Value and Untapped Potential of the RxFill or RxChange Transactions in the NCPDP SCRIPT Standard.
By Dr. Alana McGolrick, DNP – Patient safety is a top priority in healthcare; but unlike most other service lines, where there is a single patient to worry about, the maternal-fetal dyad makes labor and delivery (L&D) particularly challenging to manage. The challenges don’t just double—they square.
Follow and join the conversation with #PSAW2015 and #PSAWunited Led by the NPSF (National Patient Safety Foundation), Patient Safety Awareness Week is March...
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