June 9, 2009 CAH Quarterly Meeting presentations posted, click here 6-10-09

2009 Quality Conference acknowledges CAH award winners 6-10-09

Patient Safety & Quality Healthcare e-Newsletter for February 2009 2-19-09

AHRQ names Arkansas’ first Patient Safety Organization
Quality Excellence Inc. to offer new service to hospitals 2-11-09

December 2008 CEO CAH Quarterly Meeting Presentations

Press Release: Medicaid recognizes critical access hospitals
Nine hospitals meet Inpatient Quality Incentive requirements

AHRQ PSNET, a national Web-based resource featuring the latest news and essential resources on patient safety, introduces Patient Safety Primers designed to guide users through key concepts in patient safety. Go to: http://www.psnet.ahrq.gov/

Patient Safety & Quality Healthcare e-Newsletter for Nov/Dec 2008 http://www.psqh.com/current.html

Disclosing Medical Errors:  Best Practices from the “Leading Edge” By Eve Shapiro

Bar codes aim to reduce surgical-sponge errors
Hospitals including Loyola University Medical Center near Chicago are using bar codes on sponges to help reduce the chance that a sponge will be left inside a patient following a surgical procedure. Nurses or doctors scan the sponges before and after use to track the total count. Chicago Sun-Times (12/6)

The November issue of the PSQH e-Newsletter is online and "in the mail." Included is the online-only feature: Hospital-Level Relationship between Safety Culture and Service Quality. Click here for the PSQH e-Newsletter