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Human Performance Technology Group sets the bar for patient safety within the medical community. Human Performance Technology Group has successfully made patient safety part of its culture and made use of technology to minimize adverse medical events.
Patients also play a vital role in their safety. Human Performance Technology Group offers the following tips on how people should work with their provider to improve patient safety. |
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Latest Patient Safety News
- Monday, August 20, 2007 Medicare will not pay for preventable injuries
This was reported in the New York Times yesterday:
“WASHINGTON, Aug. 18 — In a significant policy change, Bush administration officials say that Medicare will no longer pay the extra costs of treating preventable errors, injuries and infections that occur in hospitals, a move they say could save lives and millions of dollars.
Private insurers are considering similar changes, which they said could multiply the savings and benefits for patients."
Under the new rules, to be published next week, Medicare will not pay hospitals for the costs of treating certain “conditions that could reasonably have been prevented.”
"Among the conditions that will be affected are bedsores, injuries caused by falls, and infections resulting from the prolonged use of catheters in blood vessels or the bladder.”
The whole article can be read at the NYtimes. A subscription is required.
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Human Performance Technology Group is proud of its achievements in patient safety.
- Human Performance Technology Group pioneered the computerized
Guardian Angel Safety Reporting System.
- Human Performance Technology Group innovations include Task Awareness
Zone (TAZ) training, Situational Awareness (Flight or Surgery) Expanded Resource Training (SAFER) and methodology.
- Human Performance Technology Training in Human Factors and effective
communication among caregivers.
For tips on personal safety when visiting a hospital read our Patient Saftey Tips.
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Patient Saftey News Archive
Congress Passes And President Bush Signs Patient Safety Legislation
President Bush signed into law Patient Safety Legislation that was passed by both houses of Congress. This law encourages health care providers to report medical errors to newly-created Patient Safety Organizations (PSOs) without fear of civil and criminal litigation. The PSOs will analyze data on medical errors, determine their causes and develop and disseminate evidence-based information to providers to help them implement changes that will improve patient safety.
Tracking Computer Based Error Reports Improve Patient Safety - Hopkins Study Finds
“Our goal was to explore the validity of this voluntary error-reporting system and whether front-line error-reporters were capturing the essence of the actual errors that occurred,”
Read more here.
WashingtonPost Reports : Overworked Medical Interns a Danger to Patients. "Extended work shifts pose a threat to the health and safety of medical interns and the patients they treat, according to a U.S. study of more than 2,700 interns."
Read more here.
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