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Eliminate any doubt around your organization’s readiness for the CMS’ proposed patient safety structural measures. Join our experts as they walk through everything you need to know. 📅Register for the opportunity to learn these key take aways from our safety experts Carole Stockmeier, MHA and Susan Teman, BSN, CPPS: 💡Understand the proposed CMS Patient Safety Structural Measures 📖 Learn strategies in safety culture and high reliability organizing 🔍 See how organizations who engage with our PSO are leading the way 🔗https://lnkd.in/g_5tZp3G

The Centre of Perioperative Care has now launched a two-page quick summary of the National Safety Standards of Invasive Procedures (NatSSIPs). This is a mini-education for anyone who does interventional procedures and the teams that support them. This is to ensure that every patient gets through their procedure safely. It also improves team-working and efficiency. Read the summary here: https://lnkd.in/eGTNigr8 #NatSSIPs #PerioperativeCare

[NEW BLOG] "This year, ECRI and the Institute for Safe Medication Practices PSO celebrates our 15th anniversary as an AHRQ-listed Patient Safety Organization. Over this decade and a half, we have worked tirelessly to build and maintain the trust and reputation that confirms ECRI and ISMP’s deep roots in safety . In our 15 years as a PSO, we have collected close to 6.5 million safety events, including over 4.4 million adverse events (events that reached the patient and caused a degree of harm), 880,000 near misses (an adverse event was averted), and 1.2 million reports of unsafe conditions (events that could have led to patient harm). Behind those numbers are the stories of people: moms and dads, sons and daughters, friends and neighbors, who have been unintentionally harmed in our health systems." Keep reading: https://hubs.la/Q02lCPgV0 #healthcare #patientsafety #safety

I invite you to read my blog : “Leaving the Hospital: Your Hat, Coat and Discharge Papers” at www. directionsinaging.com. Knowing one’s rights and questions to ask can lessen the stress of the transition.

The COVID-19 pandemic highlighted the critical role of the Sterile Processing Department in keeping hospitals safe and running smoothly. Learn how these behind-the-scenes heroes ensured patient safety during one of healthcare’s most challenging crises in our latest blog. Read the full story here: https://lnkd.in/gJ_fh_hU

Patient safety is most definitely NOT the #MHRA number one priority 😡 The policy/Pregnancy Prevent Programme (PPP) which the MHRA created and implemented for Valproate & now Topiramate, since 2018 is causing both patient harm & death for those with epilepsy, including those in pregnancy and their unborn. The MHRA are breaching girls and women's reproductive human rights, breaking UK common law & putting unbelievable strain and serious ethical issues onto our healthcare professionals. Even when presented with data and facts, the MHRA refuse to act, stonewall anyone who challenges them, and tries to shut you down - I know from first hand experience! This policy is unsafe, and must be changed! So no, the MHRAs priority is not putting the living patient safety first. They are delivering systemic failures to all with epilepsy, failing our healthcare professionals, failing our NHS and are failing in their duty of care. They have blood on their hands in doing so 🩸✋️ Why am I posting about this? Because it directly impacts me, I have a rare form of epilepsy and must be on Valproate as it a critical life sustaining medication BUT in order to have this medication, I MUST be on birth control and MUST NOT become pregnant! This is NOT the MHRAs decision, these are mine to make, it's my body! Our voices, our rights, our lives count! 💜 #Valproate #SodiumValproate #Topiramate #Epilepsy #Epilepsyawareness #Epilepsywarriors #PatientCapacity #SUDEP #EpilepsyResearchInstitute #EpilepsyAction #EpilepsySociety #SUDEPAction #GOVUK #DepartmentofHealthandSocialCare #WorldPatientSafetyDay #seizure #NHS #Neurology #Neuroscience #Health #Medicines #Safety #HumanRights #UKLaw #Pregnancy #Legal #Pharmacology #UKRegulations #Ombudsman #UKPolicy #PatientSafety #WorldPurpleDay #WorldHealthOrganization #NICE #GoodMedicalCouncil #HSJPatientSafety #BritishMedicalAssociation #WesStreeting #HousesofParliament #UKHouseofLords #MP #Labour #LiberalDemocrats #GreenParty #Conversatives #Westminster #Minsters

🏥 Ensure your hospital prioritizes safety! The Hospital Safety Grade by The Leapfrog Group assigns a letter grade, reflecting overall safety performance. Check your hospital's grade and prioritize safety for patients. #HospitalSafetyGrade #PatientSafety #JoinAEHC2024 #StrategyforSuccess #HealthBenefits

Here’s an update on virtual wards #HospitalatHome from a recent VW Convenzis Group conference we attended. Do get in touch if you wish to know more on how to scale safely across a large geographic region and create maximum impact.

Do you know about our Call 4 Concern service? We believe that patients, carers and family members know when their condition or that of a loved one is changing for the worse. This service complements the other safety initiatives already in place at our hospitals. Learn more about Call 4 Concern: https://lnkd.in/e5BF_PMf

Taking a trauma-informed communication approach in investigating and interacting with licensees can work to ensure patient safety. Learn more about the value of this approach at tomorrow's presentation at the FSMB Annual Meeting in Nashville: https://bit.ly/4b0rldw #FSMBAM2024