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Physician-Patient Alliance for Health & Safety Announces Four Essentials for Safety for Patients Receiving Opioids
May 16, 2013 by Michael Wong
The Physician-Patient Alliance for Health & Safety (PPAHS), an advocacy group of physicians, nurses, respiratory therapists, healthcare organizations and patient safety advocacy groups, recently released four essentials for patient safety. These four essentials for patient safety were recently discussed on a webinar on reducing adverse drug events and harm associated with postoperative opioid pain management […]
Reducing Errors by More than 60 Percent: PPAHS Presents at the Northern Regional Respiratory Care Conference
May 10, 2013 by Sean Power
by Sean Power Last week, the Physician-Patient Alliance for Health & Safety presented two cases in which health care facilities reduced PCA-related adverse drug events with continuous electronic monitoring. Experts estimate that anywhere from 600,000 to 2,000,000 PCA errors occur each year. As Dr. Richard Dutton, Executive Director of the Anesthesia Quality Institute, states, “PCA […]
The Doctor Weighs In Highlights Benefits of Safety Checklists
May 6, 2013 by Sean Power
Earlier today, the popular healthcare blog The Doctor Weighs In featured an article by the Physician-Patient Alliance for Health & Safety on the benefits of safety checklists. The article calls attention to five benefits of safety checklists in healthcare settings: Checklists provide a sense of confidence that you’ve taken all the right steps. Checklists are […]
AORN Poster Presentation: Unrecognized Opioid Induced Respiratory Depression and PCA Safety Checklist
April 1, 2013 by Michael Wong
The Physician-Patient Alliance for Health & Safety (PPAHS) recently presented a poster presentation at the 60th Congress of the Association of Perioperative Registered Nurses (AORN). This poster discussed the problem of opioid-induced respiratory depression, particularly regarding patient-controlled analgesia (PCA). As well, the presentation focused on the place of the recently released PCA Safety Checklist in […]
Understanding Adverse Events and Death: Root Cause Analysis of California Department of Public Health Case
March 27, 2013 by Michael Wong
by Dr. Bradley Truax (The Truax Group consults with hospitals to improve patient safety and procedures.) PCA (Patient Controlled Analgesia) safety has been one of our most frequent topics. Serious incidents related to PCA continue to occur frequently. Another case with some valuable lessons learned comes from the California Department of Public Health (CDPH 2012). […]
First National Survey of Patient-Controlled Analgesia Practices
March 25, 2013 by Michael Wong
Physician-Patient Alliance for Health & Safety invites participation in the first national survey of patient-controlled analgesia practices. If you are a physician, nurse, respiratory therapist, pharmacist, or other healthcare provider, to take part in this brief national survey on PCA practices (which is only open to healthcare providers), please visit https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/PCAhospitalsurvey
June 10, 2013 by Sean Power
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