Simulation training shows why clear communication matters in patient care

MONTEVALLO, Ala. — A partnership between University of Montevallo nursing students and the Alabaster Fire and Rescue ...
The American Journal of Managed Care

Using Simulation to Identify and Resolve Threats to Patient Safety

The same simulation methodology used in the aviation industry was able to uncover latent environmental threats to patient safety. This in situ simulation took place at a large Midwestern hospital in ...
DC Military

Simulation Training Helps Improve Patient Safety

What is "simulation" and how do we use it at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center to improve patient safety? Simulation has a rich military heritage initially beginning in aviation and ...
Drexel University

Kline Law and College of Nursing and Health Professions Students Gain Hands-on, Interdisciplinary Experience with Patient Safety Simulation

Kline Law Professor David Hoffman knows the importance of real-world experience. For the past three years, he’s given law students in his “Regulating Patient Safety” class the opportunity to see ...
Becker's Hospital Review

UF medicine showcases patient simulator technology

For patient safety week, the University of Florida College of Medicine in Gainesville put their patient simulator technology on display, according to The Gainesville Sun. Standard man, or “Stan,” was ...
HealthLeaders Media

Try Simulation Training to Improve Teamwork, Collaboration, and Patient Safety

When people in healthcare hear the word simulation, they generally think of a computerized mannequin that talks, breathes, and has other human physiological characteristics. Though the development of ...
Becker's Hospital Review

Albany Medical Center in New York Opens Patient Safety Simulation Center

Albany (N.Y.) Medical Center has unveiled its new $8.8 million Patient Safety and Clinical Competency Center, which was designed to improve patient safety, according to a hospital news release. The 12 ...

How America’s nursing shortage impacts health care

Nurses are described as the backbone of the American health care system, and too few can endanger patients and community ...
Business Insider

Simulation Is Changing The Way That Healthcare Professionals Learn And Improve Patient Safety

WASHINGTON, Sept. 6, 2017 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Healthcare simulation is rapidly changing the face of healthcare. Simulation is a technique that creates a situation or environment allowing people ...
Kaleido Scope

Patient Safety Awareness Week

Patient Safety Awareness Week is devoted to increasing awareness about patient safety among healthcare professionals and the public. This year's Patient Safety Awareness Week was March 11-17. As part ...
ascopubs.org

Improving patient safety: Utilization of standardized radiation oncology simulation templates.

Developing a standardized process for oral chemotherapy management for neuro-oncology. Safety and clinical efficacy of programmed cell death 1 antibodies (PD-1 Ab) in patients with advanced non-small ...