Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Act

ECRI Chief Executive Calls for Patient Safety Changes at OR Manager Conference

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Tuesday, September 12, 2023
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PLYMOUTH MEETING, Pa., Sept. 12, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Marcus Schabacker, MD, PhD, president and CEO of ECRI, the nation's largest independent patient safety organization, will speak to perioperative leadership about "Where Are We Now with Patient Safety and Quality" in a keynote address at the OR Manager Conference on September 18, 2023.

Key Points: 
  • Taking a total systems safety approach is imperative to make impactful and sustainable changes.
  • Citing proprietary ECRI research and patient safety data analysis, Schabacker will discuss how to take a total systems safety approach to improving perioperative safety.
  • He'll challenge attendees to consider how their teams may be missing the mark on patient safety and how to fix it.
  • "Taking a total systems approach that proactively accounts for all factors that affect patient safety is imperative to make impactful and sustainable changes."

RLS Partners announces rebranding as CORE X Partners

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Friday, July 14, 2023
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RLS Partners, a leading cold chain storage and logistics provider, announces it is rebranding as CORE X Partners , marking a significant milestone in the company's evolution.

Key Points: 
  • RLS Partners, a leading cold chain storage and logistics provider, announces it is rebranding as CORE X Partners , marking a significant milestone in the company's evolution.
  • Founded as RLS Partners in 2020 by Tony and Russell Leo, alongside noted business leader and entrepreneur Tom Casey, CORE X Partners started as an affiliate of RLS Logistics , a successful third-generation cold chain solutions provider owned by the Leo family.
  • CORE X Partners believes that cold chain customers value the entrepreneurial skills and customer service of CORE X Partners PROs at a time when industry consolidation has caused dissatisfaction and fewer choices.
  • To sustain its explosive growth, RLS Partners has built its own operating team and has been rebranded as CORE X Partners while RLS Logistics will continue to be owned and operated by the Leo family,” said Russell Leo, CEO of RLS Logistics.

ECRI Names the Guthrie Clinic Winner of 2023 Health Technology Excellence Award

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Thursday, May 4, 2023
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PLYMOUTH MEETING, Pa., May 4, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- ECRI, the nation's largest independent patient safety organization, names the Guthrie Clinic (Sayre, PA) as the winner of its 2023 Health Technology Excellence Award. ECRI's annual award honors a member facility for implementing an exceptional initiative to improve patient safety, reduce costs, or otherwise facilitate better strategic management of health technology.

Key Points: 
  • Rural health system innovated a technology solution to improve healthcare delivery models in a short-staffed, post-pandemic environment
    PLYMOUTH MEETING, Pa., May 4, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- ECRI, the nation's largest independent patient safety organization, names the Guthrie Clinic (Sayre, PA) as the winner of its 2023 Health Technology Excellence Award.
  • ECRI's annual award honors a member facility for implementing an exceptional initiative to improve patient safety, reduce costs, or otherwise facilitate better strategic management of health technology.
  • The Guthrie Clinic, a rural integrated health system serving patients in New York and Pennsylvania, won this year's award for its strategic approach to addressing staffing shortages exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic.
  • In addition to naming the Guthrie Clinic the 2023 award winner, ECRI recognizes the Johns Hopkins Armstrong Institute for Patient Safety and Quality (Baltimore, MD) as runner-up for its development and implementation of an innovative safety-event-reporting software application.

North American Partners in Anesthesia recognized as a 2022 Eisenberg Patient Safety and Quality Award recipient by the National Quality Forum and The Joint Commission for National Level Innovation in Patient Safety and Quality

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Tuesday, January 24, 2023
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MELVILLE, N.Y., Jan. 24, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- North American Partners in Anesthesia (NAPA) has been recognized with the prestigious John M. Eisenberg Patient Safety and Quality Award for 2022 in the National Level Innovation in Patient Safety and Quality category.

Key Points: 
  • MELVILLE, N.Y., Jan. 24, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- North American Partners in Anesthesia (NAPA) has been recognized with the prestigious John M. Eisenberg Patient Safety and Quality Award for 2022 in the National Level Innovation in Patient Safety and Quality category.
  • Dr. Eisenberg chaired the federal government's Quality Interagency Coordination Task Force and personally led AHRQ's grant program to support patient safety research.
  • NAPA's ARA program was developed through its NAPA Anesthesia Patient Safety Institute (NAPSI), one of only 99 national Patient Safety Organizations (PSOs) listed by AHRQ.
  • We also congratulate Dr. Jason S. Adelman, recipient of the Individual Achievement Award, and Parkland Health, recipient of the Local Level Innovation in Patient Safety and Quality Award.

Strategic Radiology Partners with Ferrum Health to Standardize Validation and Management of Clinical AI across its Members

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Wednesday, November 23, 2022
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CHESHIRE, Conn., Nov. 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Strategic Radiology, the nation's largest coalition of independent, wholly physician-owned private radiology practices in the United States, has chosen Ferrum Health to support and accelerate the discovery, validation, and management of clinical AI across its member institutions. In response to the growing use of artificial intelligence (AI) across all imaging modalities and the explosion of FDA clearances over the past several years, Strategic Radiology's adoption of the Ferrum Health platform ensures that its members have a secure, standardized, and cost-effective way to enable member groups to continue to lead in both clinical technology adoption and quality of care. Strategic Radiology will use Ferrum to monitor for algorithm performance, bias, and drift across its practices, as well as to share learnings on clinical impact and business ROI of the 50+ algorithms available on the Ferrum platform. 

Key Points: 
  • CHESHIRE, Conn., Nov. 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Strategic Radiology , the nation's largest coalition of independent, wholly physician-owned private radiology practices in the United States, has chosen Ferrum Health to support and accelerate the discovery, validation, and management of clinical AI across its member institutions.
  • Strategic Radiology has partnered with Ferrum Health to discover, validate, and manage their AI algorithms.
  • Ferrum Health will work with Strategic Radiology members to provide a standardized method of sharing AI performance across demographics, allowing for Strategic Radiology to uncover AI blind spots putting patients at risk that may not be visible to individual practices without Ferrum.
  • In addition to providing technical and business support to Strategic Radiology's members as they adopt clinical AI, Strategic Radiology and Ferrum Health will allow their members to share data and insights on AI performance with a partnership between their respective Patient Safety Organizations.

Stephen Hermitage joins Sai Life Sciences as VP, CMC

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Tuesday, November 22, 2022
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MANCHESTER, England and HYDERABAD, India, Nov. 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Sai Life Sciences, a leading global Contract Research, Development & Manufacturing Organisation (CRO-CDMO) , today announced the joining of Stephen Hermitage (Steve) as Vice President, CMC.

Key Points: 
  • MANCHESTER, England and HYDERABAD, India, Nov. 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Sai Life Sciences, a leading global Contract Research, Development & Manufacturing Organisation (CRO-CDMO) , today announced the joining of Stephen Hermitage (Steve) as Vice President, CMC.
  • I am delighted to welcome Steve, a pharma industry veteran, onboard at Sai Life Sciences.
  • Steve joins Sai Life Sciences from GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) where he was a department head and member of the global chemical development leadership team.
  • Commenting on his appointment, Steve Hermitage said, "I am incredibly excited to join Sai Life Sciences at a transformative time for the company.

Stephen Hermitage joins Sai Life Sciences as VP, CMC

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Tuesday, November 22, 2022
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MANCHESTER, England and HYDERABAD, India, Nov. 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Sai Life Sciences, a leading global Contract Research, Development & Manufacturing Organisation (CRO-CDMO) , today announced the joining of Stephen Hermitage (Steve) as Vice President, CMC.

Key Points: 
  • MANCHESTER, England and HYDERABAD, India, Nov. 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Sai Life Sciences, a leading global Contract Research, Development & Manufacturing Organisation (CRO-CDMO) , today announced the joining of Stephen Hermitage (Steve) as Vice President, CMC.
  • I am delighted to welcome Steve, a pharma industry veteran, onboard at Sai Life Sciences.
  • Steve joins Sai Life Sciences from GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) where he was a department head and member of the global chemical development leadership team.
  • Commenting on his appointment, Steve Hermitage said, "I am incredibly excited to join Sai Life Sciences at a transformative time for the company.

Preventing Patient Harm and Death from Diagnostic Errors: New Leapfrog Report Identifies 29 Recommended Practices that Hospitals Should Implement Now

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Thursday, July 28, 2022
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WASHINGTON, July 28, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Leapfrog Group, an independent national watchdog organization of employers and other purchasers focused on health care safety, today released the report Recognizing Excellence in Diagnosis: Recommended Practices for Hospitals. This landmark report is the result of an intensive year-long effort bringing together the nation's leading experts on diagnostic excellence, including physicians, nurses, patients, health plans, and employers. Together, the multi-stakeholder group reviewed the evidence and identified 29 evidence-based actions hospitals can implement now to protect patients from harm or death due to diagnostic errors.

Key Points: 
  • Together, the multi-stakeholder group reviewed the evidence and identified 29 evidence-based actions hospitals can implement now to protect patients from harm or death due to diagnostic errors.
  • Diagnostic errors contribute to 40,000-80,000 deaths a year, with over 250,000 Americans experiencing a diagnostic error in hospitals.
  • Leapfrog will select practices from the report issued today and survey hospitals on their current implementation status via a national pilot in fall 2022.
  • For each recommended practice, the report includes descriptions and resources to help hospitals implement the practice.

Dr. Peter Pronovost joins the LionBird Rings community

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Wednesday, July 6, 2022
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TEL AVIV, Israel & CHICAGO , July 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- LionBird, a venture capital firm based in Israel and the U.S. investing in pre-scale digital health companies, today announced that Peter Pronovost, M.D., Ph.D., F.C.C.M, a world leader in patient safety and clinical innovation, will be joining as a senior advisor in the LionBird Rings, a community of proven executives and entrepreneurs who have partnered with LionBird in the past and are available to help the next generation of digital health leaders.

Key Points: 
  • "For nearly two decades, it has been impossible to talk about quality, safety and value in healthcare without referencing the work of Peter Pronovost," said LionBird Partner Robert Lord.
  • To learn more about LionBird and the LionBird Rings community, visit www.lionbird.com .
  • LionBird is a venture capital firm investing in pre-scale digital health companies with operations in Tel Aviv and the U.S.
  • The firm is currently investing out of its third fund, LionBird III, exclusively focused on early-stage digital health.

Pager Strengthens Clinical, Technical Expertise with Five New Officer Additions to Drive Next-Generation Care Solutions

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Monday, January 31, 2022
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As Pager continues to advance its next-generation virtual care technology, the company welcomes new technological leadership:

Key Points: 
  • As Pager continues to advance its next-generation virtual care technology, the company welcomes new technological leadership:
    Bulent Ugurlujoins Pager as Vice President of Engineering.
  • She previously served as Director, Partner Implementation at Pager, where she worked with health plans to launch virtual care services.
  • The new additions and promotions bring Pager's strategic focus on innovative technology and quality clinical care to the next level.
  • Pager partners with leading payers, providers and employers representing more than 15 million people across the United States and Latin America.