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Could the management of Clinical Audit processes have helped Mid Staffordshire NHS Trust?

Posted by LornaE in Quality News on Fri, Mar 12 2010

The situation at Mid Staffordshire NHS Trust has been one of the most highly publicised management failings within the NHS in recent years. The Robert Francis Inquiry report was published last month, and the conclusions and recommendations of the final...
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Should Surgical Checklists be Used? It depends on who’s under the knife

Posted by Steve Harden in Quality News on Wed, Feb 24 2010

Dr Atul Gawande and a team of researchers studied what happened when surgeons involved in the WHO Surgical Safety Checklist research project were asked if they would continue to use the checklist after the research project was complete. Eighty percent...
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See you at EASS in Lisbon…

Posted by MichaelF in Quality News on Tue, Feb 23 2010

As committed members of the Flight Safety Foundation, we will be attending the forthcoming European Aviation Safety Seminar (EASS) which will this year be hosted in the Portuguese capital, Lisbon on March 15th-17th. Consisting of a series of seminars...
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Q-Pulse in Dubai Air Navigation Services

Posted by MichaelF in Quality News on Mon, Feb 22 2010

Dubai Air Navigation Services have recently selected Q-Pulse to help manage their safety and quality system. Q-Pulse was selected after a rigorous tender selection process and consolidates Gael Ltd's position as the leading Safety & Quality solution...
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Patient Safety and NHS Trusts – Does the future look bright?

Posted by LornaE in Quality News on Wed, Feb 17 2010

After the publication of a report on 16 th February by Action Against Medical Accidents (AvMA) - Adding Insult to Injury - NHS failure to implement patient safety alerts , there has been a lot of media attention in the last couple of days around this...
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Integration of SPC into Q-Pulse Quality Management System Software

Posted by PaulKeller in Quality News on Mon, Jan 25 2010

In the third quarter of 2009, Quality America released the latest versions of our SPC-PC IV Explorer and SPC Explorer RT software packages. These incorporate an easy to use interface for control charting of CA/PA (Corrective Action / Preventive Action...
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CQC’s new registration process - friend or foe?

Posted by LornaE in Quality News on Fri, Jan 22 2010

On the back of a news article in last week’s HSJ, the Care Quality Commission’s (CQC) Registration system for all English NHS Trusts to register by the 1 st April 2010 seems to be causing a bit of a furor. The new registration system is essential...
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Reap the Rewards for improving Patient Safety Incident Stats?

Posted by Angela in Quality News on Tue, Jan 19 2010

According to a news article on today’s BBC website , numerous mistakes are being made in a high number of drug treatments given to children in hospital. A study carried out by the University of London found some shocking stats on prescription errors...
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What’s the best way to improve work processes?

Posted by Steve Harden in Quality News on Wed, Jan 13 2010

Creating and implementing checklists to fix flaws in work processes is the “buzz” in health care right now. Fuelled by the success of the WHO Surgical Safety Checklist in reducing post surgical infections and deaths, the mistaken view of checklists...
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"Dirty Dozen" - 12 Challenges for Aviation Safety

Posted by signalcharlie in Quality News on Mon, Jan 11 2010

Years ago an industry panel developed the "Dirty Dozen" list that identified hazards in aviation, focused on mishaps that were occurring in air carrier operations. Take a look at the list and see which ones we've made some progress towards eliminating...
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Could the management of Clinical Audit processes have helped Mid Staffordshire NHS Trust?

Should Surgical Checklists be Used? It depends on who’s under the knife

See you at EASS in Lisbon…

Q-Pulse in Dubai Air Navigation Services

Patient Safety and NHS Trusts – Does the future look bright?

Integration of SPC into Q-Pulse Quality Management System Software

CQC’s new registration process - friend or foe?

Reap the Rewards for improving Patient Safety Incident Stats?

What’s the best way to improve work processes?

"Dirty Dozen" - 12 Challenges for Aviation Safety