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April 13, 2015
Honoring Choices: Advance Care Planning & Directives
Honoring Choice Pacific Northwest is an advanced care planning implementation program that aims to inspire conversations about the type of care people want … Read More.
March 25, 2015
It’s a Matter of Patient Safety: Reducing the Off-Label Use of Antipsychotic Medications in Long Term Care
By Lauri St. Ours Director of Governmental & Legislative Affairs, Washington Health Care Association Over 5 million Americans are living with Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias according to the Alzheimer’s Association. The impact of this national health epidemic is startling. One in three seniors dies with some form of dementia. In Washington State, one in…
March 12, 2015
The Institute for Patient- and Family-Centered Care
The Institute for Patient- and Family- Centered Care has a great set of resources and tools to change the concept of families as “visitors” to families as partners, and recognizes the University of Washington Medical Center as an exemplar facility.
February 27, 2015
Patients’ access to lab test reports: how does this affect patient safety?
As part of an ongoing effort to empower patients to be informed partners with their health care providers, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has taken action to give patients … Read More..
February 27, 2015
A Safety Issue: The Problem of Overdiagnosis
by Dr. Randal Moseley Medical Director of Quality, Confluence Health The problem of overdiagnosis has been gaining attention in both medical and lay literature. Overdiagnosis occurs when testing determines that something is truly abnormal, but this discovery does not result in benefit for the patient. This is not to be confused with misdiagnosis, which is…
January 26, 2015
The Shared Decision Making Gap
When making health care decisions, patients are often faced with two extremes. One approach is simply asking patients to make care choices based on their own ideas of care. This assumes a patient understands their condition and has obtained good information about their choices. … Read More.
December 15, 2014
Caring for Patients by Caring for Providers
The Oregon Patient Safety Commission will offer a Patient Safety Day in February: Caring for Patients by Caring for Providers
December 15, 2014
TeamSTEPPS 2.0 Online Master Trainer Course
AHRQ is offering TeamSTEPPS Master Training online as an accredited course for health care professionals interested in improving patient safety and health care quality. TeamSTEPPS is an evidence-based teamwork approach to improve communication and teamwork skills among health care professionals. … Read More.
December 4, 2014
Creating Culture of Safety Takes Time, Commitment
by Cathie Furman, RN Senior Vice President, Quality and Compliance, Virginia Mason Medical Center, Seattle As lead executive of Quality and Compliance for an organization that was named a Top Hospital of the Decade by The Leapfrog Group, I am often asked to share the Virginia Mason story. I usually tell people who are truly…
December 4, 2014
Health Literacy
Health literacy is the degree to which individuals have the capacity to obtain, process, and understand basic health information and services needed to make appropriate health decisions. Only 12% of adults in the US have proficient health literacy. Over a third of US adults have difficulty with … Read More.
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