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Jeffrey M. Rothschild, MD's and Carol Keohane, RN's Perspective on The Role of Bar Coding and Smart Pumps in Safety can be read on AHRQ WebM&M Sept 2008.
Eric G. Poon, MD is interviewed on AHRQ WebM&M Perspectives on Safety section addressing Bar Coding for Medication Safety. Read In Conversation with...Eric G. Poon, MD, MPH or listen to the podcast. Sept 2008.
Cardinal Health Foundation invites health care providers to apply for $1 Million in grants to Improve Patient Safety.
Listen to Heidi King, MS, CHE, Deputy Director for the DoD Patient Safety Program, explain how the whole world is following the Military Health System's (MHS) lead in improving patient safety through a program called TeamSTEPPS - Team Strategies and Tools to Enhance, Performance and Patient Safety.on the Pentagon Radio Network Episode #7: The MHS leads the way in Patient Safety.
VA Birmingham Adopts Safety-Sponge(TM) System. The Birmingham VA Medical Center is the first facility in VISN 7 to adopt the SurgiCount Safety-Sponge(TM) System .
Gordon D. Schiff, MD's, newly published essay on diagnostic error is quoted in WebMD's story entitled
Overconfident Docs Need Dose Of Reality, Misdiagnoses Occur Up To 15% Of The Time, Physician Overconfidence May Be Partly To Blame.
Gary Gottlieb, MD, President of Brigham and Women's Hospital is featured in Health Executive's cover story entitled Brigham and Women's Hospital: Rise to the Top. Read about Brigham and Women's ongoing focus on investments in information technolgy around patient safety. vol 4; issue 6.
Lucian L. Leape, MD is quoted in a NY Times' article entitled Doctors Say ‘I'm Sorry' Before ‘See You in Court' 5/18/08 (see page 2 of the pdf).
David W. Bates, MD is interviewed on AHRQ WebM&M Perspectives on Safety - Computerization and Information Technology. Read In Conversation with...David W. Bates, MD, MSc or listen to the podcast. May 2008.
Dr. David W. Bates was presented the John M. Eisenberg National Award for Career Achievement in Research by The Society of General Internal Medicine (SGIM) at the SGIM Annual Scientific Meeting held April 9-12, 2008. The award is presented in recognition of a senior SGIM member 'whose innovative research has changed the way we care for patients, the way we conduct research, or the way we educate our students.'
Dr. Andy Whittemore was elected President of the prestigious American Surgical Association (ASA), the nation's oldest surgical organization, that was founded in 1880.
Dr. Gordon Schiff was cited in an article by Rebecca Vesely in Modern Healthcare's story posted April 28, 2008 ‘Unleash the energy' Activists, professors try to use their own sphere of influence to affect U.S. healthcare policy and improve patient care.
Dr. David W. Bates and his study "Evaluating the Impact of CPOE" funded by the Massachusetts Technology Collaborative is cited in this Boston Globe article by Patricia Wen dated 2/15/08:
Insurer urges computerized prescriptions at hospitals
David W. Bates, MD featured on WBZ TV Boston's report on Medical Mistakes Affect Local Patients 2/14/08.
View the video clip.
and on The Boston Channel's website Patients Risk Drug Errors report.
View the video clip.
Medical Apologies on WBUR Radio Boston featuring Lucian L. Leape, MD.
Show aired: 2/1/2008
Health care professionals are being trained to apologize. Who benefits?
Listen to the full show
Modern Healthcare's cover story featuring Andy Whittemore, MD and CMO of Brigham and Women's Hospital.
State's Rights and Wrongs by Jean DerGurahian 12/10/2007.
