If you are visually impaired or blind, you can visit the PDF version by Pressing CONTROL + ALT + 4
<br /> May/June 2015 Volume 12, Issue 3<br /> America’s Strategy<br /> for Combating<br /> Antibiotic-Resistant<br /> Bacteria<br /> Integrating Smart Pumps,<br /> BCMA & EMRs<br /> Culture, Safety, and Value<br /> Care Transitions<br /> Interdisciplinary Education:<br /> More than Just Buzzwords?<br /> Midas+ Solutions™<br /> Creating Better Outcomes Across the Healthcare Ecosystem<br /> Over 1,500 Hospitals Served<br /> “With the increased economic pressures facing health care today, hospitals can't just collect data to comply with certain<br /> standards, we have to use it to change the way we deliver care,” said Pat Metzger, system executive, Care Management,<br /> Memorial Hermann. “Now we have a proactive solution to manage our data and analyz<a title="PSQH May/June 2015 page 1" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/4235d82c?page=1"> May/June 2015 </a> <a title="PSQH May/June 2015 page 2" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/4235d82c?page=2"> Midas+ Solutions™ Creating Better Outcomes Across</a> <a title="PSQH May/June 2015 page 3" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/4235d82c?page=3"> </a> <a title="PSQH May/June 2015 page 4" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/4235d82c?page=4"> 8 38 quotable CONTENTS may/june 2015 Volume 1</a> <a title="PSQH May/June 2015 page 5" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/4235d82c?page=5"> Learn with a Leader Resources for Your Profession</a> <a title="PSQH May/June 2015 page 6" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/4235d82c?page=6"> </a> <a title="PSQH May/June 2015 page 7" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/4235d82c?page=7"> </a> <a title="PSQH May/June 2015 page 8" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/4235d82c?page=8"> SPONSORING ORGANIZATIONS </a> <a title="PSQH May/June 2015 page 9" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/4235d82c?page=9"> Enhance Efficiency with AHP Unit Dose Products </a> <a title="PSQH May/June 2015 page 10" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/4235d82c?page=10"> NEWS North Shore lIJ Wins 2015 John Q. Sherman</a> <a title="PSQH May/June 2015 page 11" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/4235d82c?page=11"> ON PSQH.COM ONLINE FIRST Improving Safety </a> <a title="PSQH May/June 2015 page 12" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/4235d82c?page=12"> EDUCATION Interdisciplinary education: more tha</a> <a title="PSQH May/June 2015 page 13" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/4235d82c?page=13"> happens. The first actual implementa- tion of in</a> <a title="PSQH May/June 2015 page 14" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/4235d82c?page=14"> HEALTH IT & QUALITy strategic operational plan</a> <a title="PSQH May/June 2015 page 15" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/4235d82c?page=15"> supposed to solve problems? RGP Healthcare'</a> <a title="PSQH May/June 2015 page 16" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/4235d82c?page=16"> Dreamstime America’s Strategy for Combati</a> <a title="PSQH May/June 2015 page 17" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/4235d82c?page=17"> actions by public heath, healthcare, and veterina</a> <a title="PSQH May/June 2015 page 18" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/4235d82c?page=18"> AMERICA’S STRATEGy Table 1. The national acti</a> <a title="PSQH May/June 2015 page 19" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/4235d82c?page=19"> • CDC Emerging Infections Program (EIP) sites wil</a> <a title="PSQH May/June 2015 page 20" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/4235d82c?page=20"> AMERICA’S STRATEGy Table 2. clinical Resourc</a> <a title="PSQH May/June 2015 page 21" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/4235d82c?page=21"> infrastructure to combat antibiotic resistance an</a> <a title="PSQH May/June 2015 page 22" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/4235d82c?page=22"> SPECIAL AdVERTISING SECTIoN Infection Contr</a> <a title="PSQH May/June 2015 page 23" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/4235d82c?page=23"> </a> <a title="PSQH May/June 2015 page 24" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/4235d82c?page=24"> SPECIAL AdVERTISING SECTIoN How can a hos</a> <a title="PSQH May/June 2015 page 25" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/4235d82c?page=25"> THE MOST POWERFUL CLEANING AGENT COMES DIRECTLY F</a> <a title="PSQH May/June 2015 page 26" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/4235d82c?page=26"> SPECIAL ADVERTISING SECTION Staying healthy </a> <a title="PSQH May/June 2015 page 27" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/4235d82c?page=27"> You think it’s clean. But is it Prevantics® Devi</a> <a title="PSQH May/June 2015 page 28" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/4235d82c?page=28"> SPECIAL AdVERTISING SECTIoN with a multi-dru</a> <a title="PSQH May/June 2015 page 29" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/4235d82c?page=29"> It’s amazing how things come together</a> <a title="PSQH May/June 2015 page 30" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/4235d82c?page=30"> SPECIAL AdVERTISING SECTIoN Looking to bes</a> <a title="PSQH May/June 2015 page 31" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/4235d82c?page=31"> </a> <a title="PSQH May/June 2015 page 32" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/4235d82c?page=32"> Smart Pumps, BCMA, and EMRs: Lessons Learned </a> <a title="PSQH May/June 2015 page 33" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/4235d82c?page=33"> vendor’s perspective; similar or related issues a</a> <a title="PSQH May/June 2015 page 34" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/4235d82c?page=34"> LESSONS LEARNED Clinicians interact with infu</a> <a title="PSQH May/June 2015 page 35" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/4235d82c?page=35"> Don’t leave patient safety up to chance. Manual k</a> <a title="PSQH May/June 2015 page 36" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/4235d82c?page=36"> LESSONS LEARNED the smart pump have to match</a> <a title="PSQH May/June 2015 page 37" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/4235d82c?page=37"> lessons learned Barcode scanning Many nurses sc</a> <a title="PSQH May/June 2015 page 38" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/4235d82c?page=38"> LESSONS LEARNED A hospital with 4000 IV-infu</a> <a title="PSQH May/June 2015 page 39" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/4235d82c?page=39"> areas where the nurses may be having issues. It i</a> <a title="PSQH May/June 2015 page 40" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/4235d82c?page=40"> New York State Coalition Improves Communicatio</a> <a title="PSQH May/June 2015 page 41" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/4235d82c?page=41"> Figure 1. coalition geographic Definition The numb</a> <a title="PSQH May/June 2015 page 42" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/4235d82c?page=42"> CARE TRANSITIONS In early 2012, AMC partnered</a> <a title="PSQH May/June 2015 page 43" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/4235d82c?page=43"> care transitions Patients transit</a> <a title="PSQH May/June 2015 page 44" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/4235d82c?page=44"> CARE TRANSITIONS Figure 2. skilled nursing Facil</a> <a title="PSQH May/June 2015 page 45" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/4235d82c?page=45"> Figure 6. albany coalition 30-Day all cause medic</a> <a title="PSQH May/June 2015 page 46" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/4235d82c?page=46"> CARE TRANSITIONS As teams from different care</a> <a title="PSQH May/June 2015 page 47" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/4235d82c?page=47"> </a> <a title="PSQH May/June 2015 page 48" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/4235d82c?page=48"> NEWS NEW Sub-Specialty certification for physicia</a> <a title="PSQH May/June 2015 page 49" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/4235d82c?page=49"> American Board of QaumaleitryicAasnsuBroaanrcdeoa</a> <a title="PSQH May/June 2015 page 50" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/4235d82c?page=50"> Patient Safety and Quality Healthcare (PSQH) welc</a> <a title="PSQH May/June 2015 page 51" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/4235d82c?page=51"> NEVER STOP YOUR QUEST FOR EXCELLENCE Validating Y</a> <a title="PSQH May/June 2015 page 52" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/4235d82c?page=52"> “The implementation of the Hand Hygiene Complianc</a>