Librarians and Patient Safety

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Lorri Zipperer and Denise Hetman are now friends

November 1

Denise Hetman is now a member of Librarians and Patient Safety

Welcome Them!

November 1

Lorri Zipperer added a blog post

Patient safety book review blog

A colleague recently brought to my attention a blog containing book reviews of patient safety titles, in the hopes of getting comments from others, suggestions for titles, etc to ultimately support a patient safety book club. Cool idea! Check it ...

October 31

Susan Carr added a blog post

Sept/Oct issue of PSQH

The Sept/Oct issue of Patient Safety & Quality Healthcare has been mailed to subscribers. It's also available online at www.psqh.com. The issue has a focus on the relationship between risk management and patient safety and a variety of other topic...

October 31

Lorri Zipperer added an event

New Ways to Reduce Diagnosis Errors at online - see link below

November 5, 2009 from 2pm to 3pm

This session should highlight some interesting strategies in minimizing this sort of error.

October 28

Lorri Zipperer added a discussion

Opportunities to interact: presenting at Joint Commission session

What better way to share our expertise than to submit to present at a Joint Commission meeting in 2010. Who knows, it may help break some of the animostiy some librarians seem to harbor in regards to that organization's lack of respect for the val...

September 23

Lorri Zipperer added a blog post

has anyone had to cancel or reduce PS work due to the economic downturn?

Please submit info on your experience to this survey by ISMP. Comments are due by October 16th

September 16

Lorri Zipperer added 2 discussions

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Opportunities to interact: presenting at a Joint Commission session.

Started by Lorri Zipperer Sep 23.

Brainstorming: how can librarians contribute to leadership's successful support of Patient Safety 1 Reply

Started by Lorri Zipperer. Last reply by Lorri Zipperer Sep 3.

Thoughtful blog post: librarians, lit review and legal issues

Started by Lorri Zipperer Sep 1.

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Patient safety book review blog

A colleague recently brought to my attention a blog containing book reviews of patient safety titles, in the hopes of getting comments from others, suggestions for titles, etc to ultimately support a patient safety book club. Cool idea!

Check it out:
http://patientsafetyliteraturereview.blogspot.com

Posted by Lorri Zipperer on October 31, 2009 at 6:33pm

Sept/Oct issue of PSQH

The Sept/Oct issue of Patient Safety & Quality Healthcare has been mailed to subscribers. It's also available online at www.psqh.com. The issue has a focus on the relationship between risk management and patient safety and a variety of other topics including suicide prevention during transitions in care, Healthcare FMEA, a column by Michael Cohen of ISMP (Jail Time for an Error), plus much more. Also, please note that we recently started a blog on the home page—please take a look, comment, a… Continue

Posted by Susan Carr on September 16, 2009 at 12:05pm

has anyone had to cancel PS subsciptions or reduce PS work due to the economic downturn?

If so, please submit info on your experience to this survey by ISMP. Comments are due by October 16th

Posted by Lorri Zipperer on September 16, 2009 at 11:30am

More free stuff: FDA

FDA Patient Safety News (PSN) is a monthly video news show for healthcare professionals. It covers significant safety alerts, recalls, new product approvals, and offers important tips on protecting patients. Read the complete stories and watch or download the video program online. These PSN stories contain video footage and demonstrations that may be especially useful to educators in healthcare facilities and academic institutions.

Just anoth… Continue

Posted by Lorri Zipperer on August 4, 2009 at 9:46am