Patient Safety and Quality Improvement
 Modules  Module 2: History of Patient Safety/Clinical Quality Improvement
1. Introduction to Course
2. History of Patient Safety
3. The Science of Human Error
4. The Analysis of Medical Error
5. Evidence-Based Medical Practice
6. Communication and Information Transfer
7. Adverse Patient Outcomes
8. The Role of the Patient and Family
9. Environmental Safety in the Medical Setting
10. Safe Medical Practice In Ambulatory Settings

Public Reporting of Healthcare Information

As healthcare costs rose in the mid-1980s, public reporting sprang up in communities such as Minneapolis and Cleveland in response to employers’ demands for data on which to base healthcare purchasing decisions.
  • Several state level initiatives followed in Maryland, Iowa, Pennsylvania and others
  • Reported data focused on volume, cost, length of stay and severity adjusted outcomes
  • Several local initiatives folded as costs bottomed out. Pennsylvania still publishes data at http://www.phc4.org/reports/hpr
 
 
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