| The DoD Patient Safety Program works to eliminate preventable patient harm by empowering patients and engaging, educating and equipping patient-care teams, including the patient, to institutionalize evidence-based safe practices. Our eBulletin disseminates PSP program updates, news, useful tips, success stories and upcoming educational activities that will help us achieve this goal. In this issue, you’ll learn about the 2011 MHS Conference, the Perinatal Focus Review, the Professional Conduct Toolkit workshop series, and improving patient care through simulation. Enjoy!
Contents PSP Announcements and Reminders
March 6-12 is Patient Safety Awareness Week!
Improving Patient Care Through Simulation
Perinatal Focus Review Analyzes Perinatal Events
PSP Hosts World Café at MHS Conference
PSP Launches Professional Conduct Toolkit Workshop
Admiral Hunter Closes MHS Conference with a Challenge
PSLC – What’s New
Upcoming Events
In the Patient Safety Headlines PSP Announcements and Reminders You can register to have the next issue of the PSP Quarterly Newsletter delivered to your e-mail inbox! To subscribe, click here. A link to the pdf will be included in the Gov Delivery e-mail... Read more Back to top
March 6-12 is Patient Safety Awareness Week! The PSP encourages all MTFs to observe and participate in the National Patient Safety Foundation’s Patient Safety Awareness Week. Additional information can be found on the PSP website. NPSF also offers various tools, toolkits and activities... Read more Back to top
Improving Patient Care Through Simulation Nearly 2,600 people attended the 11th annual International Meeting for Simulation in Healthcare from January 21-26 in New Orleans. Sponsored by the Society for Simulation in Healthcare, the conference focused on using different... Read more Back to top
Perinatal Focus Review Analyzes Perinatal Events More than 2,000 babies are born to military families each week. The majority of births are happy, healthy events. But from time to time, an error occurs. The Perinatal Focus Review examines root cause analyses involving perinatal events... Read more Back to top
PSP Hosts World Café at MHS Conference Attendees to the Jan. 24 PSP breakout session at the 2011 MHS Conference were greeted with leis, palm tree decorations and hibiscus cut-outs. A luau? Not quite— but this was no ordinary MHS breakout session, and all participants received... Read more Back to top
PSP Launches Professional Conduct Toolkit Workshop The Patient Safety Program launched its first Professional Conduct Toolkit Workshop series last month, hosting the first session “From Avoidance to Engagement: A Strategic Approach for Promoting Professional Conduct” in mid-February... Read more Back to top
Admiral Hunter Closes MHS Conference with a Challenge In the final plenary session of the 2011 MHS Conference, Navy Rear Adm. Christine S. Hunter, M.D., deputy director, TRICARE Management Activity, highlighted the MHS’s progress toward achieving the Quadruple Aim, and offered... Read more Back to top
PSLC – What’s New Medication - Use Stages of Process
To encourage ease of use as the Patient Safety Reporting System is implemented across Military Treatment Facilities, the PSP has developed guidelines for Medication-Use Stages of Process, highlighting each stage of medication use... Read more Back to top
Upcoming Events Patient Safety Workshops (Instructor-led or self-paced online learning sessions focused on a specific product)
March 17, 1400-1500 ET
Professional Conduct Toolkit Series Part 3: An Inconvenient Truth: The Role of Leaders in Promoting Professional Conduct Across the Organization
Register
March 31, 1400-1500 ET
Professional Conduct Toolkit Series Part 4: Techniques for Maintaining Resilience When Working with High Conflict People
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Patient Safety Learning Circles (In-person or web-based forums focused on a specific topic)
March 8, 1300-1400 ET
National Patient Safety Foundation Webcast: A Systems Approach to Patient Engagement: Developing a Comprehensive Patient Experience Strategy
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March 23, 0900-1100 ET
TapRooT Version 5 Webinars for DoD: Technical Webinar
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March 30, 1400-1500 ET
Learning Action Network (LAN) Webinar: What the DoD Patient Safety Program Can Do for You!
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Patient Safety Pathways to Success (Accredited and/or CEU training)
No events in March
Patient Safety Connection (In-person networking and leading practices discussions)
March 6-12, All Day
Patient Safety Awareness Week
PSP Resources
Patient Safety Helplines (1:1 sessions available to stakeholders)
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In the Patient Safety Headlines These articles are external and provided for information purposes only. The DoD does not sponsor these websites.
A Strategic Approach for Managing Conflict in Hospitals: Responding to the Joint Commission Leadership Standard- Part 1 and Part 2 (Journal Article)... Read more Back to top
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