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Current Patient Safety Topics |
Patient Safety
100K Lives Campaign
5 Million Lives Campaign
Electronic Prescribing
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Medical Error
Electronic Health Record
Medication Reconciliation
Infection Prevention |
Medication Error
Medication Safety
Hospital-Acquired Infection
Surgical Error |
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From IOM News:
The Future of Drug Safety: Promoting and Protecting the Health of the Public
Lack of clear regulatory authority, chronic underfunding, organizational problems, and a scarcity of post-approval data about drugs' risks and benefits have hampered the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's ability to evaluate and address the safety of prescription drugs after they have reached the market.
Noting that resources and therefore efforts to monitor medications' risk-benefit profiles taper off after approval, The Future of Drug Safety: Promoting and Protecting the Health of the Public offers a broad set of recommendations to ensure that consideration of safety extends from before product approval through the entire time the product is marketed and used.
• Read more about this report
• Read the report brief from this report
To Err Is Human; To Fail to Improve Is Unconscionable
"To Err Is Human" co-author Lucian L. Leape, M.D., an adjunct professor at the Harvard School of Public Health, and Commonwealth Fund President Karen Davis, PhD.
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Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich signs Executive Order creating new Division of Patient Safety.
In an effort to reduce the number of medical errors that claim the lives of more than 4,000 Illinoisans and nearly 100,000 Americans each year, on June 13 Governor Blagojavich proposed sweeping and comprehensive changes to cut down on errors and improve patient safety. Medical errors cost $1.5 billion a year - in Illinois alone - contributing to higher insurance premiums, higher costs for hospital visits and treatments, higher co-pays, higher insurance rates for doctors and higher costs of prescription drugs. Every year 98,000 Americans die from medical errors - errors that were preventable. In fact, nearly as many Americans die each year from medical errors as from AIDS (16,500), breast cancer (42,000) and car accidents (43,000) combined. Gov. Blagojevich proposed a comprehensive package of reforms to reduce the number of medical errors and improve patient safety including:
Proposing that all providors use e-prescribing by 2011 to reduce the risk of medication errors; and
Creating a new Division of Patient Safety within the Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) to specifically focus on reducing medical mistakes and improving patient safety.
Read the entire press release
Read the Executive Order |
CPSF News |
CPSF 2007 Annual Scientific Meeting
Friday, March 9, 2007 a great success! Thank you to all participants!
A DVD-ROM with video and presentation materials is now available.
Click here for more details
Congratulations to Gordon Schiff, MD (one of CPSF's founders) for being recognized with the ISMP Cheers Lifetime Achievement Award!
For more info click here
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We wish to thank Rush-Copley Medical Center and Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Illinois for their generous support of the Chicago Patient Safety Forum. These generous donations show that we are building a patient safety movement across venues and specialties. See our other sponsors.
CPSF thanks
Sorry Works! for this gracious item:
Sorry Works!
June 25th, 2007 NEWSLETTER
Doug Wojcieszak, Founder & Spokesperson
"a big tip of the hat is in order to the Chicago Patient Safety Forum (CPSF). Lenny Lamkin, Steve Maxwell, and the entire CPSF team have done outstanding work promoting and supporting disclosure and apology. The disclosure movement owes them a debt of gratitude."Read more...
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| CPSF members Donna Woods and Jane Holl named 2006 recipients of Otho S. A. Sprague Patient Safety Award. The award was presented to them at the IOMC 91st Annual Meeting and Awards Dinner May 17, at the Chicago Athletic Association. |
Northwestern University Institute for Healthcare Studies provide
Master's and Certificate Programs in Healthcare Quality and Patient Safety
Downloadable flyer |
| CPSF members Gordon Schiff and Bruce Lambert to collaborate on prescription medication safety education project funded by drug settlement funds. Read more... |
University of Illinois at Chicago course on patient safety a real eye-opener for students. Read more... |
| Katrina Web Site Provides Vital Drug Data to Pharmacists, Physicians. Read more... |
Northwestern University: Merger creates Institute for Healthcare Studies including Northwestern Center for Patient Safety. Read more... |
July 17, 2007
A new study suggests that despite tons of positive press, EMRs may not always improve patient care.
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Alexian Brothers Hospital Network policy for Color-Coded Patient Wristbands (First Draft)
Missouri campaign "Banding Together - For Patient Safety" - Download toolkit
July 3, 2007
University of Chicago: Police probe whether patients got insulin overdoses The investigation includes federal and local agencies and interviewing countless employees of the hospital. Over the last two months, staff became suspicious about unexplained levels of insulin in two patients. Those patients have since died. CPSF Executive Director Leonard Lamkin was interviewed. (ABC News)
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June 2, 2007
Patient Safety is measured on quality of care web sites. Compare how Chicago area hospitals are doing.
www.hospitalcompare.hhs.gov
(Offers statistics comparing more than 5,000 hospitals)
www.qualitycheck.org
(Information from the Joint Commission that accredits most U.S. hospitals)
www.leapfroggroup.org
(Analyzes 30 different practices at over 1,300 hospitals)
June 5, 2007
HB1254, creating the Illinois Health Information Network (ILHIN), passes in both Houses.
Nursing home drug errors remain hidden
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Senator Grassley proposes "watch list" for nursing homes
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Illinois Hospitals have been recognized by HealthGrades for patient safety
Read More... Download Study
All Systems Go? Why So Little Progress? Barbara J. Youngberg, BSN, MSW, JD, FASHRM
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Despite promising efforts over the past 5 years to improve patient safety, the American public does not feel safer
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Aug 18, 2007
Medicare Says It Won't Cover Hospital Errors - In a significant policy change, Bush administration officials say that Medicare will no longer pay the extra costs of treating preventable errors, injuries and infections that occur in hospitals, a move they say could save lives and millions of dollars. (The New York Times) Read More...
Aug 21, 2007
Editorial: Not Paying for Medical Errors (The New York Times)
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August 19, 2007
Doctors try new word: Sorry. Admitting mistakes not just right thing to do, medical community finds it may prevent malpractice suits (Judith Graham, Chicago Tribune)
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July 22, 2007
Sizing up your hospital; Online data reveal how its practices rate (Chicago Sun-Times)
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Medicare Ends Coverage for Hospital Errors Read More...
Study: Disinfectant cuts down on MSRA
A study of the disinfectant Byotrol at Glasgow Royal Infirmary in Scotland shows that the disinfectant cut down on the spread of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) by 75 percent.
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Repairing the Rift Between Hospitals and Doctors: Elliott Fisher, Bob Berenson, Gail Wilensky Debate the Policy Options. Read the debate.
Nine Steps to Move Forward From Error
Persisting problems in disclosing medical error. Banja JD. Harvard Health Policy Review 2004;5:14-20.
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Federal Patient Safety Legislation - various articles.
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Baxter and Hospira cut PVC use in products. Read more... |
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| On January 1, the name of Chicago Patient Safety Forum was formally changed to the Coalition for Quality and Patient Safety of Chicagoland (CQPS). All website material added after that date will reflect the new name. Please bear with us as we update pages in recognition of the name change along with our updated mission and vision. |
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