Advance 2005:

MAR - APR - MAY - JUN - JUL - AUG - SEP - OCT - NOV - DEC

December

December 7, 2005

UMass, Brigham & Women's Receive Lehman Award Speaking of Awards... Staff Nurses Outline Patient Safety Act Benefits Another Tool to Assist Your Patient Safety Efforts Share Your Dashboard Report... ... And Your Stories The 100,000 Lives Campaign Reaches the One-Year Mark

November

November 9, 2005

Posting of Staffing Plans on Schedule MHA/Coalition Announce Safety Award Workforce Summit November 16 Focuses on Fatigue Trustees are Integral to Success of Patients First Getting Unstuck from IHI Implementation Roadblocks More News from IHI MHA Survey on What You Need Emerson CEO Takes to Airwaves to Discuss Patients First

October

October 26, 2005

Take a Moment for an Important IHI Survey Resources to Implement the Six Initiatives Brockton Hospital's Great Readmission Improvements

October 12, 2005

October Is IHI Data Entry Month What Do You Need? Kirle to Survey Hospitals 11 Days Left to Submit Betsy Lehman Award Form... Coalition Forum to be Rescheduled "Providing a Safe and Supportive Working Environment..." The IHI Campaign and Your Hospital's Finances UMass Study Part II: Ratios a Financial Disaster

September

September 28, 2005

IHI Kicks Off Its Cross-Country Bus Tour Lessons Learned: Holyoke's CERT Lessons Learned: Berkshire's AMI Process Lessons Learned: Bay State's Reduced Surgical Site Infections Lessons Learned: Emerson Reduces Catheter-Related Blood Stream Infections Upcoming IHI Calls October Is Data Submission Month MHA Welcomes New Sr. V.P. for Clinical Affairs

September 14, 2005

Workgroup Meets to Design Staffing Plan Posting Outreach Efforts Underway; Seeking Community Spokespersons September 26 - Important Conference on IHI Initiative Trustees to Focus on Their Role on September 28 Focus Shifts to Effects of Fatigue on Care

August

August 17, 2005

IHI Releases Step-By-Step Guide for Campaign Free Broadcast Focuses on Surgical Site Infections More Information on Improving Surgical Care Nurse Staffing Plan on Track MHA's Governance Newsletter for Trustees Two Great Articles - In JAMA and NEJM

August 3, 2005

MHA/MONE Work Group to Select Measures Everything You Need to Know About National PSA Help With Reconciling Medications/Critical Test Results Send Stories!

July

July 20, 2005

Nurse Staffing Plan Template - An Update IHI's New Deadlines, Training and More Measures Task Force Continues Its Work July 29 - Forum on Communicating Critical Test Rsults South Shore's Well-Attended Forum with Dr. Leape

July 6, 2005

The Latest Update on IHI's 100,000 Lives Campaign MHA Seeks Grant for Rapid Response Teams Another Successful Ed. Board Visit - This Time in Lawrence Great Barrington's Fairview Holds "PF" Sessions With Staff Listen to Radio Ads in Support of Patient Safety Act Patients First Discussions at Sinai Rehab Wednesday, July 13 at the State House

June

June 22, 2005

100,000 Lives Campaign Data Submissions Begin Sturdy Touching All Bases in Advancing Patients First Patients First Spokespeople Still Needed Morton Features Patients First in Newsletter Patients First Visual Materials Remember This Date and Participate!

June 8, 2005

Quote of Note Results of MHA Hospital Survey on Safety We're Seeking Patients First Community Spokespeople Patients First First Requires Patients Register Online for Two Coalition Programs BMC's "SimMan" Helps Train Staff, Students

May

May 25, 2005

Quote of Note Joyce Clifford to head Measurement Task Force Staffing Pilots Respond; State Survey Set for Summer The Trustee Role Defined "I'm Sorry." Powerful Words Leape on Board at Cambridge Health Alliance Editorial Boards: Moving the Message

May 11, 2005

Quote of Note Hospital Day on the Hill Heard on the Hill Mass Eye and Ear's Quality Advances An Amazing Number: 76 Spreading the Word at MAHQ National Groups Signing Off on Hallmark Programs

April

April 27, 2005

Quote of Note Making Progress: Nurse Staffing Plans Field Tested Moving Forward: IHI Campaign Centers on Mass. Coalition Educates Nation on Safety Initiatives Metrowest Keeps the Issue Before Legislators As of Today: 74 Hospitals and Health Systems CPOE Survey About to Begin May 11 – 9 A.M. to 1 P.M.

April 13, 2005

Quote of Note Regional Forums Provide Great Exchange of Ideas Taking the PF Message to the Press The Press Weighs In Caritas Carney Enhances Safety With New Technology New Hospital Quality Data Fuels Patients First Four Hospitals to Pilot Electronic Health Records Sharing the Message With Legislators Send Comments, Ideas, Suggestions

March

March 30, 2005

What Patients First Advance Is All About Quote of Note St. Vincent, UMass & Heywood Visit the T & G Keeping the Rank & File Informed Have You Signed Up Yet For Regional Forums? Anna Jaques Joins IHI – and Talks About It! Charting Your “PF” Progress to Date Franklin Medical Center Cuts Infections Contact Us!