Just Released! Fall EMS Patient Safety and PSO Newsletter Available!

November 25, 2013 | By: Calevir

The Center’s Fall Edition of EMS Patient Safety and PSONews contains the following articles and more:

Just Culture and Learning from Errors
Things to Ask When Considering Joining a PSO
More Case Law Provides Support for PSO Protections
Final Recommendations Published from the NHTSA Culture of Safety Project
EMS Data System Gets a Boost from VergeSolutions

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CONTACT A MEMBER OF THE CENTER’S PSO TEAM FOR MORE INFORMATION:

EMS PSO participation and implementation: Lee Varner, [email protected]
Hospital & ASC PSO participation and implementation: Eunice Halverson, [email protected]
Survey on Patient Safety Culture, PSO data system, technical support: Alex Christgen, [email protected]

For additional information on the Center’s PSO activities, previous newsletters, resources, toolkits, upcoming events, Survey on Patient Safety, and more, please visit the other pages on our website, or for the most up-to-date news, follow us on Twitter @PtSafetyExpert or subscribe to eNews updates.

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PSO Case Law: Ungurian v. Beyzman, et al., 2020 PA Super 105:

A recent Pennsylvania case shows how courts narrowly interpret the PSQIA, ignoring the D & A pathway and the clear language of the Final Rule. (Ungurian v. Beyzman, et al., 2020 PA Super 105). The cour

Joint Commission New Sentinel Event Alert 61: Managing the Risks of Direct Oral Anticoagulants:

The Center for Patient Safety wants to share this important harm-prevention advice from The Joint Commission and its Sentinel Event Alert: Managing the Risks of Direct Oral Anticoagulants. The Joint Commis

CPS Safety Watch/Alert – Culture Can Improve the Control of Multi-Drug Resistant Organisms:

Issue: A number of events reported co CPS’ Patient Safety Organization (PSO) demonstrate poor handoff communication about the patients’ infectious disease status Examples include: Patient with

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