< Back   Quality Improvement and Patient Safety Expand all topics •  Quality improvement in the practice (16) •  Medical home (38) •  AAP policy (5) •  Quality measurement (6) •  Pay-for-performance (5) •  Patient safety/medication errors (12) •  Maintenance of certification (MOC) for pediatricians (3) •  Quality improvement at the AAP (20) •  Health information technology (10) Quality Improvement and Patient Safety > Patient safety/medication errors 1-12 of 12 results    1. AAP's Safer Health Care for Kids (2009) American Academy of Pediatrics The Safer Health Care for Kids program is designed for physicians, allied health professionals, administrators, parents, and caregivers and features a new Web-based resource center for pediatric patient safety information and strategies. 2. American Academy of Pediatrics Safer for Kids Program (2006) Carol Lannon, MD, MPH, FAAP Introduces the AAP's Safer for Kids Program (begun in January 2006) to provide resources to support clinicians in improving health care and making it safer for children. 3. Patient Safety: Online Alerts From Health Care Notification Network (2009) American Academy of Pediatrics The Health Care Notification Network (HCNN) delivers drug and medical device recalls to physicians and their staff securely online, replacing the current paper process that is slow and error prone. This document provides an overview of the HCNN program. Sign in or join AAP to view this type of content. 4. Summit: Setting a Research Agenda for Patient Safety: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality: Summary Statement by the American Academy of Pediatrics (2006) American Academy of Pediatrics Features information on the AAP's recommendation for high priority on several patient safety issues in the pediatric community. Examples of these safety issues include testing and refining the methods for determining medication error and documenting the epidemiology of pediatric medication errors in inpatient, ambulatory, child care, and school settings. The recommendations encourage design, promotion, and implementation of standardized protocols for medication delivery in schools, preschools, child care centers, and family-based child daycare homes. 5. Getting Started Kit: Prevent Central Line Infections (2005) American Academy of Pediatrics Features information on the 100,000 Lives Campaign, which focuses on ways to prevent central line infections in all patients. Specifically addressed is the goal of preventing catheter-related bloodstream infections by implementing the Five Components of Care called the "Central Line Bundle." There are suggestions on how to form a team, and some sample template forms are provided. 6. Patient Safety Leadership WalkRounds™ (2005) American Academy of Pediatrics Features information on how patient safety leadership walkrounds demonstrate the health care organization's commitment to safety and provide a method for leaders to talk with staff about safety issues in the organization. Also provides details on who should conduct the walkround, how often, where, and in what format. 7. Things That Work: Medication Reconciliation (2005) American Academy of Pediatrics Features information regarding a process to ensure that patients and their caregivers possess an accurate and up-to-date medication list as well as reasons why this is so important. 8. Things That Work: Patient Safety Walk Rounds (2005) American Academy of Pediatrics Features information on how patient safety leadership walkrounds can demonstrate the health care organization's commitment to safety. Specifically discussed are Hopkins and Duke experiences. 9. Things That Work: Prevention of Catheter Related Bloodstream Infections (2005) American Academy of Pediatrics Features information regarding the prevention of catheter-related bloodstream infections, specifically epidemiology, the standard of care and intervention, and results to date. 10. Quality Improvement: Reducing Dosage Errors in OTC Medications (2004) Dipti Amin, MD, FAAP Offers strategies for reducing dosage errors in over-the-counter medications. Sign in or join SOTC to view this type of content. 11. Steering Committee on Quality Improvement Management (SCOQIM) (2009) American Academy of Pediatrics The Steering Committee on Quality Improvement and Management (SCOQIM) was established in 2001 in response to the increasing national emphasis on quality in health care and the AAP identification of QI as a top priority. SCOQIM offers a more integrated voice for quality and enables the AAP to best support its members in providing the highest quality clinical care for children. Sign in or join AAP to view this type of content. 12. Pediatric Information Technology Profile: The Johns Hopkins Children’s Center, Baltimore, MD (2006) Christoph U. Lehmann, MD, FAAP, George R. Kim, MD, FAAP Features information regarding the successful pilot projects at Johns Hopkins Children's Center, such as an online calculator for the NICU, a failure modes and effects analysis, and more. Sign in or join AAP to view this type of content. 1-12 of 12 results    Can't find what you're looking for? Please contact us with your questions.