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A recent<a title="Patient Safety & Quality Healthcare page 1" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/f15bc6ae?page=1">J ANUARY/FEBRUARY 2010Patient Safety& QUALITY</a> J ANUARY/FEBRUARY 2010Patient Safety& QUALITY<a title="Patient Safety & Quality Healthcare page 2" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/f15bc6ae?page=2">We all know endotrachealtubes leak.The question</a> We all know endotrachealtubes leak.The question<a title="Patient Safety & Quality Healthcare page 3" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/f15bc6ae?page=3">11th AnnualInternational Summit onImproving P</a> 11th AnnualInternational Summit onImproving P<a title="Patient Safety & Quality Healthcare page 4" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/f15bc6ae?page=4">ContentsJANUARY/FEBRUARY 2010 • VOLUME 7 ISS</a> ContentsJANUARY/FEBRUARY 2010 • VOLUME 7 ISS<a title="Patient Safety & Quality Healthcare page 5" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/f15bc6ae?page=5">GE HealthcareThe path to reducemedical error </a> GE HealthcareThe path to reducemedical error <a title="Patient Safety & Quality Healthcare page 6" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/f15bc6ae?page=6"> </a> <a title="Patient Safety & Quality Healthcare page 7" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/f15bc6ae?page=7">Patient Safety EDITORIAL ADVISORY BOARD& </a> Patient Safety EDITORIAL ADVISORY BOARD& <a title="Patient Safety & Quality Healthcare page 8" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/f15bc6ae?page=8">By Barry P. Chaiken, MD, FHIMSSHEALTH IT & Q</a> By Barry P. Chaiken, MD, FHIMSSHEALTH IT & Q<a title="Patient Safety & Quality Healthcare page 9" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/f15bc6ae?page=9">REFERENCESGladwell, M. (2000). The tipping po</a> REFERENCESGladwell, M. (2000). The tipping po<a title="Patient Safety & Quality Healthcare page 10" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/f15bc6ae?page=10">By John MooreHEALTH INFORMATION EXCHANGENH</a> By John MooreHEALTH INFORMATION EXCHANGENH<a title="Patient Safety & Quality Healthcare page 11" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/f15bc6ae?page=11">PHR HealtheVet. Instead, the VA cansimply direct</a> PHR HealtheVet. 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Dirk Stanley, MDEMR IMPLEMENTATIONCl<a title="Patient Safety & Quality Healthcare page 15" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/f15bc6ae?page=15">Give them governance and administra-tive policy </a> Give them governance and administra-tive policy <a title="Patient Safety & Quality Healthcare page 16" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/f15bc6ae?page=16">By Pattie Boast and Cathy Potts, MT (ASCP)PATIE</a> By Pattie Boast and Cathy Potts, MT (ASCP)PATIE<a title="Patient Safety & Quality Healthcare page 17" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/f15bc6ae?page=17">surgery-specific discharge instructionsand pro</a> surgery-specific discharge instructionsand pro<a title="Patient Safety & Quality Healthcare page 18" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/f15bc6ae?page=18">prior to initiating use of the new dis-charge in</a> prior to initiating use of the new dis-charge in<a title="Patient Safety & Quality Healthcare page 19" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/f15bc6ae?page=19"> ThNeaNtiointahl QUALITYCOLLOQUIUMON</a> ThNeaNtiointahl QUALITYCOLLOQUIUMON<a title="Patient Safety & Quality Healthcare page 20" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/f15bc6ae?page=20">Pursuit of excellence.Through the application a</a> Pursuit of excellence.Through the application a<a title="Patient Safety & Quality Healthcare page 21" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/f15bc6ae?page=21">SUPPLEMENT TO PATIENT SAFETY & QUALITY HEALTHCARE</a> SUPPLEMENT TO PATIENT SAFETY & QUALITY HEALTHCARE<a title="Patient Safety & Quality Healthcare page 22" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/f15bc6ae?page=22">FIVE ESSENTIAL COMPONENTS OF ANEffective Strok</a> FIVE ESSENTIAL COMPONENTS OF ANEffective Strok<a title="Patient Safety & Quality Healthcare page 23" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/f15bc6ae?page=23">25% of Houston’s stroke patients currently receiv</a> 25% of Houston’s stroke patients currently receiv<a title="Patient Safety & Quality Healthcare page 24" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/f15bc6ae?page=24">EFFECTIVE STROKE SYSTEMSplicated by two ad</a> EFFECTIVE STROKE SYSTEMSplicated by two ad<a title="Patient Safety & Quality Healthcare page 25" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/f15bc6ae?page=25">7x10 Jan/Feb.indd 1 </a> 7x10 Jan/Feb.indd 1 <a title="Patient Safety & Quality Healthcare page 26" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/f15bc6ae?page=26"> One DVT can cause a lot ofDAM</a> One DVT can cause a lot ofDAM<a title="Patient Safety & Quality Healthcare page 27" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/f15bc6ae?page=27"> </a> <a title="Patient Safety & Quality Healthcare page 28" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/f15bc6ae?page=28">Connectivityto ImprovePatient SafetyMaking Me</a> Connectivityto ImprovePatient SafetyMaking Me<a title="Patient Safety & Quality Healthcare page 29" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/f15bc6ae?page=29">• Support of remote healthcare delivery• Aut</a> • Support of remote healthcare delivery• Aut<a title="Patient Safety & Quality Healthcare page 30" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/f15bc6ae?page=30"> CONNECTIVITYtions in late 2007. It receiv</a> CONNECTIVITYtions in late 2007. It receiv<a title="Patient Safety & Quality Healthcare page 31" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/f15bc6ae?page=31">dation, the American Society of Anesthesiologists</a> dation, the American Society of Anesthesiologists<a title="Patient Safety & Quality Healthcare page 32" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/f15bc6ae?page=32"> CONNECTIVITYis underway, including partic</a> CONNECTIVITYis underway, including partic<a title="Patient Safety & Quality Healthcare page 33" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/f15bc6ae?page=33"> </a> <a title="Patient Safety & Quality Healthcare page 34" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/f15bc6ae?page=34">Online ConnectivityLinking Providers and Patien</a> Online ConnectivityLinking Providers and Patien<a title="Patient Safety & Quality Healthcare page 35" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/f15bc6ae?page=35"> BySte</a> BySte<a title="Patient Safety & Quality Healthcare page 36" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/f15bc6ae?page=36"> ONLINE CONNECTIVITY By</a> ONLINE CONNECTIVITY By<a title="Patient Safety & Quality Healthcare page 37" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/f15bc6ae?page=37">required by and for patients regarding H1N1 was m</a> required by and for patients regarding H1N1 was m<a title="Patient Safety & Quality Healthcare page 38" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/f15bc6ae?page=38">ClinicalDocumentation MORE THAN ACUMBERS</a> ClinicalDocumentation MORE THAN ACUMBERS<a title="Patient Safety & Quality Healthcare page 39" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/f15bc6ae?page=39">accrediting organization would forewarn healthcar</a> accrediting organization would forewarn healthcar<a title="Patient Safety & Quality Healthcare page 40" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/f15bc6ae?page=40"> CLINICAL DOCUMENTATION The re</a> CLINICAL DOCUMENTATION The re<a title="Patient Safety & Quality Healthcare page 41" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/f15bc6ae?page=41">Sunquest deliversPatient SafetyWe deliv</a> Sunquest deliversPatient SafetyWe deliv<a title="Patient Safety & Quality Healthcare page 42" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/f15bc6ae?page=42">The LaboratoryAS A SERVICE LINE ANDREVENUE GENE</a> The LaboratoryAS A SERVICE LINE ANDREVENUE GENE<a title="Patient Safety & Quality Healthcare page 43" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/f15bc6ae?page=43">new lab tests and procedures has exploded but als</a> new lab tests and procedures has exploded but als<a title="Patient Safety & Quality Healthcare page 44" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/f15bc6ae?page=44">LABORATORY AS SERVICE LINE The LIS</a> LABORATORY AS SERVICE LINE The LIS<a title="Patient Safety & Quality Healthcare page 45" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/f15bc6ae?page=45"> Shared Lab is an 18,000-square-foot, stat</a> Shared Lab is an 18,000-square-foot, stat<a title="Patient Safety & Quality Healthcare page 46" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/f15bc6ae?page=46">ABQAURPWHAT WILL THE FUTURE HOLD FOR HEALTH CARE</a> ABQAURPWHAT WILL THE FUTURE HOLD FOR HEALTH CARE<a title="Patient Safety & Quality Healthcare page 47" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/f15bc6ae?page=47">ABQAURP Utilization Review Physicians</a> ABQAURP Utilization Review Physicians<a title="Patient Safety & Quality Healthcare page 48" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/f15bc6ae?page=48">Your Pace of Improvementis Critical to Reducing </a> Your Pace of Improvementis Critical to Reducing <a title="Patient Safety & Quality Healthcare page 49" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/f15bc6ae?page=49"> To help accomplish these results inan effi</a> To help accomplish these results inan effi<a title="Patient Safety & Quality Healthcare page 50" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/f15bc6ae?page=50">Patient Safety and Quality Healthcare (PSQH)welc</a> Patient Safety and Quality Healthcare (PSQH)welc<a title="Patient Safety & Quality Healthcare page 51" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/f15bc6ae?page=51">CERTIFICATIONBecome certified in Health Care Qu</a> CERTIFICATIONBecome certified in Health Care Qu<a title="Patient Safety & Quality Healthcare page 52" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/f15bc6ae?page=52">A new book by author and Safer Healthcare CEO, Da</a> A new book by author and Safer Healthcare CEO, Da