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Web Exclusive: Hospitals Make Employee Flu Vaccinations a Patient Safety Issue
The emergence of the H1N1 flu put a spotlight in early 2009 on a question: Should healthcare organizations do more in...
British hospitals: No sitting allowed
British authorities claim a ban on visitors sitting on a patient's bed is needed to prevent patients from getting...
Gadgets in emergency vehicles seen as peril
Hundreds of thousands of drivers of emergency vehicles are required to use devices such as dashboard computers...
California health agency works with hospitals to reduce errors
There were 1,538 preventable medical errors reported at California hospitals last fiscal year, according to regulators...
New focus on averting errors: Hospital culture
Errors made by doctors, nurses, and other medical caregivers cause 44,000 to 98,000 deaths a year. Hospital infections...
UC Irvine Medical Center ordered to improve medication management
California inspectors making a surprise follow-up visit to UC Irvine Medical Center found two deficiencies in...
Stories of success: Health IT's impact on national safety goals and priorities
Emphasizing the link between improvements in healthcare quality and patient safety and health IT, HIMSS and the...
Magazine: Tracking Peace of Mind
RFID systems help monitor newborns' whereabouts.
Hospitals slow to use technology to halt errors
Many hospitals haven't adopted computerized provider order entry systems and other technologies designed to prevent...
Magazine: Low-Tech Safety
Hospitals have increasingly turned to advanced technology to help keep patients safe. But some providers are...

Book: Suicide Risk Assessment:
HCPro has created Suicide Risk Assessment: Practical Strategies and Tools for Joint Commission Compliance to help you...
Book: Statistics Basics: A Resource Guide for Healthcare Managers
A new addition to HCPro's Basics series, this logical book and CD-ROM are a primer for any healthcare manager embarking...
Book: Making Your Data Work:
This book and CD-ROM will help staff quickly and easily find and present valuable information to improve quality and...
Book: Anticoagulant Therapy FAQs
Anticoagulant Therapy FAQs: A Guide to Compliance with National Patient Safety Goal 3E is a question-and-answer guide...