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HQI, CHPSO and AQIPS Patient Safety Evaluation System 2022 Virtual Summit

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This post has been archived and contains information that may be out of date.The PSES Summit will be held over two, half-days and will include safe-table discussions, topic-focused breakout sessions, and amazing keynote presenters — all centered around Patient Safety Evaluation Systems: what we know, what we learned, and what needs to happen next. 

HQI and AQIPS Will Host 2024 Patient Safety Evaluation System Virtual Summit

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What’s happening: Hospital Quality Institute and the Alliance for Quality Improvement and Patient Safety will host the Patient Safety Evaluation System 2024 Virtual Summit on May 21-22 from 8 a.m. to noon (PT).  

What else to know: The summit will provide information on how to improve communication internally and with patients and strengthen patient care delivery. Registration is open.  

CHA Checklist: Shelter-in-Place

CHA developed the attached the Shelter-In-Place Planning Checklist, which includes a decision-making algorithm for shelter-in-place and evacuation activation and may be used to assist hospitals with developing, reviewing, or updating their plans. The checklist is intended to help hospitals ensure that elements listed have been addressed in their plans, policies, and procedures.

White House COVID-19 Booster Shot Plan Still Subject to FDA, CDC Evaluation

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On Aug.18, the White House COVID-19 Response Team and public health and medical experts from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announced that they are prepared to offer COVID-19 booster shots to fully vaccinated adults ages 18 and older. According to this announcement, these individuals would be eligible for their booster shot eight months after receiving their second dose of the Pfizer or Moderna mRNA vaccines. According to the initial announcement, this booster vaccine program would start the week of Sept. 20, but subsequent news reports indicate that senior administration health officials are delaying that deadline, instead rolling shots out gradually when data are ready. As of now, there is no information about the time frame for a revised roll out.

Patient Movement Surge Playbook

2023 Disaster Conference – Best Practice Showcase

Shared by the Alameda County Emergency Services Agency, the California Patient Movement Surge Playbook Poster outlines a framework for managing complex patient transfers and hospital capacity challenges during catastrophic events. It identifies gaps in patient movement, coordination priorities, and best practices.

Patient Safety Evaluation System — 2024 Virtual Summit

Discover how to leverage your Patient Safety Evaluation System (PSES) to transform health care into a learning structure. This innovative summit will teach you how to break barriers and solve what keeps us up at night. It will provide information to help you communicate better (internally and with patients) and strengthen patient care delivery. Presenters will address how to improve patient care design, and discuss innovative programs that reduce costs, accelerate efficiency, and enhance reliability.