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September 1, 2000 | Program Result
21st Century Consumer conducted developmental research to be used in the creation of educational programs to help reduce the number of injuries and deaths due to preventable errors during hospitalization.
April 1, 2008 | Book
This handbook outlines evidence-based research to guide nurses in their efforts to improve patient safety and care. As the first line caregivers, nurses must be an integral part of improvements in patient care.
June 12, 2008 | Program Result
The Pittsburgh Regional Healthcare Initiative partnered with area hospitals in a project designed to improve quality of care and patient safety. Project staff oversaw the production of a video about the initiative.
July 14, 2008 | Program Result
The Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations developed a simulation training course to enable its surveyors to recognize system vulnerabilities that threaten patient safety and the quality of care.
July 14, 2008 | Program Result
The Jewish Healthcare Foundation of Pittsburgh designed the Nurse Navigator Fellowship as a one-year pilot project to train nurses in southwestern Pennsylvania to collect and analyze data and improve patient outcomes at the point of care.
September 11, 2007 | Program Result
Improving Malpractice Prevention and Compensation Systems was a national initiative to support promising new mechanisms to prevent negligent medical occurrences and to compensate patients injured by medical care.
December 29, 2007 | Program Result
Researchers at the University of Alabama at Birmingham examined state medical malpractice reform legislation to evaluate the effects of malpractice reforms on physician malpractice insurance premiums.
June 4, 2008 | Story
Staff created a simple, electronic reporting system using Excel that nurses update with pertinent patient and treatment information at any time during their shift.