When the Partnership for Patients (PfP) program was announced in April 2011, it was billed by CMS Administrator Don Berwick as "the largest national effort on patient safety that we've ever seen." With a $1 billion price tag, paid for by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS...
Health technology is intended to simplify processes, improve efficiency, and?most importantly?improve care. But more studies are showing that without an effective implementation plan, these systems can result in staff workarounds and additional patient safety problems.
In November 2013, when Richard Shannon, MD, arrived to his newly appointed position as executive vice president of health affairs at the University of Virginia (UVA) Medical Center in Charlottesville, he wasted little time setting a new precedent of patient safety for the health...
Patient harm is a common discussion topic among healthcare practitioner and patient safety advocates, but despite that overwhelming concern, most don't have a lot of confidence in their current technology to track harm.
