The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services' (CMS') new three-year NPSI focuses on helping providers improve patient safety through two related projects: Safe Care Project Since the release of the Institute of Medicine’s report, "To Err is Human" (1999), which estimated that up to 98,000 patients die each year due to care lapses, patient safety has become a pressing national challenge.
As a result, Quality Partners is working with hospitals and nursing homes to improve: Healthcare-associated Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) Infections (Hospitals) Pressure ulcers (Nursing Homes and Hospitals) Physical Restraints (Nursing Homes) Inpatient surgical safety and heart failure treatment (Hospitals) Drug safety (Nursing Homes and Hospitals)
For more information, please contact Melissa Miranda at 401-528-3200.
“Under Pressure, Nutrition Solutions for Pressure Ulcers” presented by Becky Dorner - This webinar was recorded on July 21, 2010 and can be accessed by any computer with a connection to the internet.
