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Rachel Rosenthal 4/9/24 Rachel Rosenthal 4/9/24

Recommendations for Your Drug Diversion Program: Tools from ISMP

Robin Carter (consultant) 3/6/24 Robin Carter (consultant) 3/6/24

Design Better, More Effective Quality Improvement Surveys by Avoiding These Errors

Quality improvement (QI) projects often use surveys to gather data, but expertise in survey design isn’t always available to every project team. A recent study(1) illustrates the unpredictable quality of locally developed surveys for QI, showing that development of surveys requires special expertise in addition to careful consideration and time.

Robin Carter (consultant) 1/30/24 Robin Carter (consultant) 1/30/24

New CME Training Series to Operationalize Health Equity

Oregon Patient Safety Commission 7/28/23 Oregon Patient Safety Commission 7/28/23

Patient and Family Engagement: A Patient Safety Priority

Oregon Patient Safety Commission 2/15/22 Oregon Patient Safety Commission 2/15/22

Establishing Guidewires as “Countable” Items

Guest User 10/20/21 Guest User 10/20/21

October is Health Literacy Month

Oregon Patient Safety Commission 9/17/21 Oregon Patient Safety Commission 9/17/21

OPSC Review of Maternal and Perinatal Events: Lessons from Oregon’s Patient Safety Reporting Program

Oregon Patient Safety Commission 7/13/21 Oregon Patient Safety Commission 7/13/21

Burnout, COVID-19, and Culture of Safety

Oregon Patient Safety Commission 6/1/21 Oregon Patient Safety Commission 6/1/21

Unintended Retained Foreign Objects in Orthopedic Procedures: Learning from Adverse Event Reports

Oregon Patient Safety Commission 3/9/21 Oregon Patient Safety Commission 3/9/21

Increase in Pressure Injuries Reported in 2020: What We Are Learning

Oregon Patient Safety Commission 3/9/21 Oregon Patient Safety Commission 3/9/21

Health Equity and Patient Safety: You Can’t Have One Without the Other

Oregon Patient Safety Commission 2/26/20 Oregon Patient Safety Commission 2/26/20

Oregon’s Pioneering Process to Address Medical Liability through Culture Change: How’s It Going?

Oregon Patient Safety Commission 11/18/19 Oregon Patient Safety Commission 11/18/19

Combating the Emergence and Spread of Antibiotic Resistance

Oregon Patient Safety Commission 10/7/19 Oregon Patient Safety Commission 10/7/19

October is Health Literacy Month: Help Improve Patient Literacy

Oregon Patient Safety Commission 7/29/19 Oregon Patient Safety Commission 7/29/19

Ensuring Precautions for All High-Alert Meds

Oregon Patient Safety Commission 6/24/19 Oregon Patient Safety Commission 6/24/19

Ensure Safe Use of Smart Infusion Pumps

Oregon Patient Safety Commission 5/29/19 Oregon Patient Safety Commission 5/29/19

Enhancing Quality Measurement in Ambulatory Surgery Centers

Oregon Patient Safety Commission 4/25/19 Oregon Patient Safety Commission 4/25/19

Add Patient Safety Culture Surveys to Your Prevention Toolbox

Oregon Patient Safety Commission 3/27/19 Oregon Patient Safety Commission 3/27/19

Going Beyond Performance Elements for Safe Use of Anticoagulants

Oregon Patient Safety Commission 2/27/19 Oregon Patient Safety Commission 2/27/19

Preventing Harm During Moderate Procedural Sedation

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