Search results for "Patient Safety"
ACP honors outstanding chapter activities with Evergreen Awards
At this year's Internal Medicine meeting, ACP presented Evergreen Awards to 10 Chapters.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2009/05/evergreen.htm
1 May 2009
Nominees named for College Officer and Regent positions
The Nominations Committee of ACP places in nomination candidates for the position of president-elect, treasurer and other regent nominees.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2009/11/regents.htm
1 Nov 2009
Influenza featured at infectious disease meeting
A summary of approvals, recalls, warnings and alerts digested by ACP Internist from the Food and Drug Administration's alerts.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2010/01/idsa.htm
1 Jan 2010
New surveillance system aims to improve safe use of medicines and vaccines in pregnancy
Medicare payment cut goes into effect
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2010/03/02/7.htm
2 Mar 2010
Joint Commission to hold conference on quality, safety in June
The Joint Commission will hold its annual Conference on Quality and Patient Safety June 23-25 in Chicago. The conference will focus on ways for organizations to improve quality and reduce errors, contain costs, increase productivity and execution, and build leaders throughout their organization.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2010/04/06/10.htm
6 Apr 2010
With EHRs or paper, outpatient practices can improve safety
The idea is evolving that improving transitions of care from hospital to outpatient settings reduces readmissions. From medication lists to tracking labs to missed referrals that delay diagnosis, an expert in the field considers it all.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2010/05/safety.htm
1 May 2010
Getting to quality and safety by ‘degrees'
Programs in quality and patient safety initiatives have come to the fore as graduate-level degrees, adding prestige to a new body of knowledge that has emerged in the past decade.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2010/05/quality.htm
1 May 2010
The next issue of ACP Internist is online and coming to your mailbox
ACP signs on to ethics code for interactions with companies
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2010/05/04/8.htm
4 May 2010
Suggest a colleague as a Top Hospitalist
And the winner is …
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2010/06/08/10.htm
8 Jun 2010
Suggest a colleague as a Top Hospitalist
ACP's Steven Weinberger, FACP, blogs at KevinMDInternists elected at AMA House of Delegates meetingNew clinical information section launches on College website
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2010/06/29/12.htm
29 Jun 2010