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Patient Safety Monitor: Global Edition

Issue 25, July 3, 2007

• Ask the expert: How can we reduce the number of medical staff committees?

  Medical staffs can reduce the number and size of committees by combining them and their functions...

Issue 16, December 25, 2007

• WHO proposes new Patient Safety Solutions

  The World Health Organization's Collaborating Centre for Patient Safety, which is sponsored by The...

• UK's chief medical officer urges fines for medical errors, infections

  Sir Liam Donaldson, UK's chief medical officer, recently proposed that hospitals be fined when...

• Report finds potential for quality improvement in Australian hospitals

  The Australian Council on Healthcare Standards (ACHS) recently released an annual report on...

• Opinion: Hong Kong's patient safety must be improved

  Patient safety does not have high priority in Hong Kong, said Darren Mann, a professor at Chinese...

• England's shortage of nurses puts infants at risk

  England's National Audit Office found that a lack of trained nurses in 16 hospitals across the...

Issue 15, December 11, 2007

• With 5 million infected patients, China joins global campaign

  Health officials in China recently revealed that each year, nearly 5 million of the nation's...

• Report reveals Canadian hospitals' mortality rates

  For the first time, a Canadian study has revealed the mortality rates of Canada's hospitals. The...

• Malaysia to track medical mistakes

  By next year, an incident reporting system will be implemented in Malaysia in an effort to reduce...

• Patient Safety Alliance arrives in Scotland

  The Patient Safety Alliance, founded by The Institute for Healthcare Improvement, will be...

Issue 14, November 27, 2007

• WHO works toward medication access for poor

  The Intergovernmental Working Group on Public Health, Innovation and Intellectual Property recently...

• Canadian hospital to offer hand washing rewards

  University Health Network, Canada's largest research hospitals, will soon offer Tim Hortons food...

• China proposes cut on night surgeries

  China's Hospital Authority committee report suggests hospitals only operate on patients at night...

• WHO focuses on safer injection practices

  United Nations agencies, donors, experts, and country representatives recently met to examine how...

Issue 13, November 13, 2007

• WHO's "High 5s" Project to improve patient safety

  Health leaders from six countries recently met in Washington, D.C. to sign off on a project...

• UAE's hospitals suffer 15% medical error rate

  The United Arab Emirates' Ministry of Health recently announced a 15% medical error rate in public...

• Canadians focus on patient safety

  At the recent New Brunswick Healthcare Association conference in Fredericton, New Brunswick...

• 140,000 NHS patients experience incidents at night

  The United Kingdom's National Patient Safety Agency figures found that 140,000 cases of patient...

• U.S. patients report more medical errors

  A recent Commonwealth Fund survey found U.S. patients more likely to report experiencing medical...

Issue 12, October 30, 2007

• Hong Kong hospitals to have accreditation system

  Hong Kong hospitals will soon be assessed by a common accreditation system, according to a recent...

• Pakistan hospital finds treatment of heart patients comparable to West

  Researchers at Aga Khan University Hospital (AKUH) in Karachi, Pakistan have found the survival...

• Canadian hospital receives patient safety award

  The Lake of the Woods District Hospital in Kenora, Ontario received a patient safety award at the...

• MRSA on the rise outside of healthcare settings

  A recent Journal of the American Medical Association report concludes that methicillin-resistant...

• Patient Safety International enters South African market

  The Council for Health Service Accreditation of Southern Africa (COHSASA) will team up with Patient...

Issue 11, October 16, 2007

• WHO calls for more research in patient safety

  The World Health Organization (WHO) recently called for more research to improve patient safety at...

• Plans to improve NHS services unveiled

  As part of a 100£ plan to overhaul the National Health Service (NHS) in the area of patient care...

• Canadian hospital to screen for superbugs

  The Ottawa hospital will screen every overnight patient for methicillen-resistant Staphylococcus...

• In Victoria, Australia, emergency departments lag

  In Victoria, Australia, about 2,700 patients in the past year waited more than 24 hours in the...

• More UK hospitals found with high C. diff levels

  After British health authorities blamed 90 deaths from healthcare-acquired infections at three...

Issue 10, October 2, 2007

• British physicians' white coats banned in attempt to prevent spread of MRSA

  The white coat, long synonymous with doctors and healthcare settings, will soon become a thing of...

• Author discusses medical tourism

  David Williams, CEO of medtripinfo.com and blogger for Health Business Blog spoke with author...

• Canadian Patient Safety Institute hosts first patient safety officer course

  Ninety leaders in Canadian healthcare joined together to participate in the Canadian Patient Safety...

• WHO to expand its Emergency and Essential Surgical Care Project

  The World Health Organization has decided to involve a larger number of low and middle income...

• Australia's overworked doctors feel they cannot provide adequate care

  In Victoria, Australia, a ministerial review of the medical workforce ordered by a former state...

Issue 9, September 18, 2007

• HCPro exhibit schedule announced

  HCPro will be exhibiting at a number of upcoming conferences, and we invite you to come see us...

• NHS warns that electronic medical records may compromise patient information

  A primary care trust to Britain's National Health Services (NHS) warned that patient data could be...

• Canadian government to get serious about superbugs

  The Public Health Agency of Canada recently announced that it will have plan for dealing with the...

• Queensland patients to be identified by bar code to prevent wrong-site surgery

  In an effort to quell the rising number of misidentified patients, which in some cases has led to...

• Indian state focuses on reducing malaria-related deaths

  The Indian state of Orissa will focus efforts on reducing Malaria-related deaths by 50% by the year...

Issue 8, September 4, 2007

• HCPro News: Exhibit schedule announced

  HCPro will be exhibiting at a number of upcoming conferences, and we invite you to come see us...

• JCI releases third edition of international standards

  Joint Commission International (JCI) released the third edition of its international standards last...

• Hong Kong Hospital Authority to encourage medical error reporting

  Last month, Hong Kong's Hospital Authority announced a new initiative to better monitor and report...

• WHO releases report on preventing global spread of diseases

    The World Health Organization (WHO) has released a report on the state of global health...

• Transcriptionist shortage in Canada could affect patient safety

  Medical transcriptionists are in short supply in one Canadian province, which could prolong...

Issue 7, August 21, 2007

• Medical errors common in Canadian hospitals

  One in 13 Canadian patients is the victim of an adverse event, reports the Victoria Times Colonist...

• Private doctors in India to offer TB education programs

  Physicians in India are getting ready to offer the latest Revised National Tuberculosis Control...

• WHO contracts with Joint Commission to test ICPS

  The World Health Organizations (WHO) awarded the Joint Commission a contract to field test the...

• Researchers may have found a way to vaccinate before bird flu pandemic

  Researchers from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious diseases may have found a way to...

• HCPro News: Exhibit schedule announced

  HCPro will be exhibiting at a number of upcoming conferences, and we invite you to come see us...

Issue 6, August 7, 2007

• Joint Commission International to work with Chinese Ministry of Health

  Joint Commission International (JCI) announced last month that it would be working with China's...

• Alberta to enforce mandatory infection control standards

  Hospitals in Alberta will be implementing a new set of mandatory infection control procedures after...

• Canadian doctors may be forced to admit errors to patients

  Following a trend of disclosure, Canadian hospitals are urging their physicians to tell patients...

• President and CEO of JCI interviews with Health Business Blog

  In a recent interview with Health Business Blog, Karen Timmons of Joint Commission...

• Australians suffer from worst flu outbreak in five years

  Patient safety is suffering at Queensland hospitals as the state suffers from the worst flu...

Issue 5, July 24, 2007

• Study shows depth of Australian surgical error rates

  A new study outlined 130 cases of surgical error in Australia in 2004 and 2005. Of those, 27 cases...

• Canadian mumps outbreak spurs unique solution ideas

  The Canadian province of Nova Scotia is experiencing an outbreak of the Mumps. Since February 2007...

• Thailand readies for increased competition in the medical tourism field

  A credible medical tourism industry has helped put Thailand on the map as one of the world's...

• International Health Regulations take effect in US

  As of July 17, the US must comply with International Health Regulations (IHRs). These regulations...

• British hospitals told to implement standardized patient wrist bands

  Britain's National Patient Safety Agency (NPSA) has told the National Health System that hospitals...

Issue 4, July 10, 2007

• Medical tourism guidebook to be featured at Singapore conference

  During the 18th annual WONCA conference (World Organization of National Colleges, Academies and...

• United Arab Emirates to host Patient Safety Exhibition and Congress on Infection

  The 2007 Patient Safety Exhibition and Congress on Infection Control will be held from September...

• United Nations warns that Millennium Development Goals won't be met

  The United Nations (UN) created a list of eight goals in 2000, part of its Millennium Development...

• Immediate action taken against English hospital for poor hygiene

  English officials ordered immediate changes in hospital procedures at Chase Farm Hospital in North...

• Indian hospitals not swarming to governmental quality certification

  India's National Accreditation Board for Hospital and Healthcare Providers (NABH) has received a...

Issue 2, June 26, 2007

• Joint Commission expands hand hygiene goal to WHO guidelines

  Healthcare organizations can now comply with the World Health Organization (WHO) Hand Hygiene...

• Rollback Malaria helps countries write Global Fund proposals to fight malaria

  Rollback Malaria, a partnership that brings together countries affected by malaria, recently...

• Abu Dhabi hospital to be managed by Thailand-based company

  A four-year agreement has been signed by the Health Authority - Abu Dhabi and Bumrungrad...

• Experts discuss HIV testing in live Webcast

  In preparation for National HIV Testing Day tomorrow (June 27), Kaisernetwork.org will be host the...

• World Health Organization’s revised regulations go into effect

  New International Health Regulations (IHR), revised by the World Health Organization (WHO) in 2005...

Issue 1, June 15, 2007

• Patients' safety at risk in England's National Health Service, critics claim

  Though the National Health Service (NHS) in England has recorded a more than 510 million pound...

• Health and Human Services Secretary launches flu blog

  On June 13, 2007, Michael Leavitt, secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services...

• Medecins Sans Frontieres says it is harder to retain healthcare

  Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF), a group that provides an opportunity for healthcare workers to help...

• Ontario health organizations to become more transparent

  Residents of Ontario will soon be able to find information on specific doctors to help make...

• Jordan joins with WHO to develop patient safety plan

  The health minister of Jordan, Saed al-Kharabsheh, met with World Health Organization officials and...

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