Vitalacy, Inc.

January 2019

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National Patient Safety Goals: Accurate Patient Identification

“Do-the-2. Verify two patient identifiers — every patient, every time.” This pithy advice from the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston is no silly call for extra typing. Medical errors have been considered as the third leading cause of death in the United States, and prominent among these are errors stemming from mistaken patient […]

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National Patient Safety Goals: Reducing Healthcare-Associated Infections

How to Reduce HAIs with Safety Goals   Fueled by a recent study indicting medical errors as the third leading cause of death in the United States, renewed attention has been focused on preventing healthcare-associated harm to patients. Among the most common and preventable patient safety failures are healthcare-associated infections (HAIs). HAIs contribute to over

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