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The Latest Trends and Tips in Patient Safety

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OR Today article, August 1, 2018, summarizes trends in patient safety in perioperative areas and offers tips and advice from safety and clinical experts.

Transforming Concepts in Patient Safety: A Progress Report

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This article reviews progress to date to advance patient safety in the US in five essential areas of health care, as first identified in 2009 by the IHI/NPSF Lucian Leape Institute.

New Group Seeks ‘Public Health Framework’ for Patient Safety

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Article from Hospital Peer Review Online

“Adequate Childbirth” Project Empowers Pediatricians, Nurses, and Obstetricians at Unimed

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This article highlights the work of Projeto Parto Adequado

Measuring Patient Quality of Life: Time Is What Matters

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NEJM Catalyst article

5 Guiding Principles to Improve Home Health Safety

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This article summarizes five strategies to improve the safety of care in home health setting, as detailed in a new report from IHI.

Institute for Healthcare Improvement: 5 Considerations for Making Home Healthcare Safer

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In this interview on IHI’s No Place Like Home: Advancing the Safety of Care in the Home report, Tejal Gandhi discusses how health care poses its own patient safety challenges that need to be addressed.

New Report Targets Homecare Patient Safety

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This article summarizes the findings and recommendations from IHI’s report, No Place Like Home: Advancing the Safety of Care in the Home.

IHI Innovation System

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Drawing on IHI’s nearly 30 years of experience with innovation, this white paper provides a detailed description of IHI’s innovation system, including 90-Day Learning and Testing Cycles, and describes how a health care organization might create its own…

HHS Proposes New Ambulatory Surgery Center Safety Database

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Commentary from Tejal Gandhi is included in this Modern Healthcare piece examining the new ambulatory surgery center safety database proposed by HHS.