PATIENT SAFETY

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Module Aids in Positive Identification of Patients and Blood Products

With the Blood Product Administration Module (BPAM), which Baptist OneCare implemented in October 2018, clinicians systemwide can easily document the unit number, product code, blood…

Four Baptist hospitals get “As” for patient safety

Baptist Golden Triangle, Baptist Union County, Baptist North Mississippi and Baptist Union City all earned “As” for patient safety from The Leapfrog Group. Baptist Golden Triangle…

Registration Open for Patient Safety Seminar

Baptist will host guest speaker Ridley Barron during its upcoming Patient Safety Seminar, “Every ½ Second Counts.” Ridley will share how he lost his 17-month-old…

“Every ½ Second Counts” Patient Safety Seminar

Baptist will host guest speaker Ridley Barron during its upcoming Patient Safety Seminar, “Every ½ Second Counts.” Ridley will share how he lost his 17-month-old…

Four Baptist hospitals earn ‘As’ for patient safety

Baptist Golden Triangle, Baptist North Mississippi, Baptist Union City and Baptist Union County earned “As” in the Leapfrog Group’s most recent Hospital Safety Scores survey….

HIPAA Corner: How to dispose of documents containing patient info

Cornell Prescription Pharmacy in Denver will pay $125,000 and adopt a corrective action plan after a reporter found the pharmacy was improperly disposing documents containing…

Baptist Golden Triangle receives straight A’s from safety group

Baptist Golden Triangle earned an “A” patient safety rating in the Spring 2015 Hospital Safety Score and is one of only 182 hospitals in the…

Baptist Union County adds patient lift equipment

Baptist Union County recently became the fifth Baptist Memorial hospital to install lift equipment to help reduce employee injuries and enhance patient safety and satisfaction….