Quality and Safety In Health Care

Studies from V.A. Kazandjian and colleagues reveal new findings on quality and safety in health care

Published in Physician Business Week, November 17th, 2009

"Maryland hospitals have been improving the safety of medication use practices since 2000. A retrospective analysis of 35 hospitals was conducted for 2005-2007 to determine the changes in medication use practices, communication methods within hospitals, patient education and changes in medical record management," scientists in the United States report.

"Thirty-five Maryland hospitals completed the Institute for Safe Medication Practices Medication Safety Self-Assessment for Hospitals, a voluntary initiative to improve the safety of medication use. A weighting structure is applied to calculate key element scores, core characteristic scores and overall self-assessment...

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Source: Physician Business Week (2009-11-17)

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