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March/April 2014 Volume 11, Issue 2
Patient- and Family-
Centered Care
Three Pillars of Alarm Safety
Infection Control and the
Built Environment
Nurse Informaticians
PROGRAM DIRECTORS:
Kevin Weiss, MD, MPH
Professor of Clinical Medicine
Feinberg School of Medicine
Northwestern University
Donna Woods, EdM, PhD
Associate Professor
Feinberg School of Medicine
Northwestern University
GUEST FACULTY INCLUDE:
James Bagian, MD, PE
Engineer and former
NASA Astronaut
James Battles, PhD
Agency for Healthcare Research
& Quality (AHRQ)
Carmella Bocchino, RN, MBA
America’s Health Insurance Plans
Helen Burstin, MD, M
March/April 2014
PROGRAM DIRECTORS: Kevin Weiss, MD, MPH Professor
ONE UNIT ONE DOSE ONE AND ONLY ONE UNIT ONE
46 32 CONTENTS MARCH/APRIL 2014 Volume 11, I
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SPONSORING ORGANIZATIONS
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organization,” says Dana Garafalo, RN, BSN, C
NEWS Action Items Aid in Making Patient, Family
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HEALTH IT & QUALITY WhatsApp: Lessons to Engage
16th Annual NPSF Patient Safety Congress 1
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Reducing medication errors doesn’t scare
ISMP U-500 Insulin Safety: It’s Time to Rethink
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Patient- and Family- Centered Care: Advancing Q
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BEDSIDE ROUNDING and other providers have been
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BEDSIDE ROUNDING they ensured the participatio
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How Nurse Informaticians Are Transforming Clin
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NURSE INFORMATICIANS There are good reasons wh
EngagingPatients.org The Voice of Patient Engage
Nursing Analytics: Using Cost and Quality Inf
P atients in today’s healthcare sys
NURSING ANALYTICS ‘Nurses are key leaders in
WHAT IS VALUE ANALYSIS? According to the Lawrenc
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ALARM SAFETY Default alarm parameters and limi
Complying with The Joint Commission How to satisf
Patient care areas where there is a one-to-one or
As advanced alarm notification systems adopt clini
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NEWS THERE’S ST
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Patient Safety and Quality Healthcare (PSQH) welc
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P ROVIDING OVER 5,000 HOSPITALS WITH GREATER SAFE