January 2019

Up Front

Reducing burnout tops the to-do list of health care organizations

Diane Shannon, M.D., looks at what is being done today to address clinician burnout, now viewed as a critical public-health challenge. 

Safety News

Unique, media-rich patient safety toolkit appeals to a wide range of learners

Boston Medical Center’s multimedia toolkit is a flexible and accessible way to spread patient safety practices. 

Safety Snapshot

Try this weekly dose of patient safety education

One chapter from Ok to Proceed?, Boston Medical Center’s new resource, will be available online each week for free through 2019. 

Upcoming events

Nominations Open for the Sherman Award for Patient Engagement

When: Nominations open January 24 and close March 8, 2019
What: The annual Sherman Award for Excellence in Patient Engagement and Sherman Citation for Excellence in Pediatric Patient Engagement are sponsored by the Lucian Leape Institute at the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) and Taylor Healthcare. Winners will receive an all-expenses-paid trip, including registration, to the IHI Patient Safety Congress May 15-17 in Houston, Texas, and their projects will be featured on the Engaging Patients blog.
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Collaborating to Promote Safe Practices: Expedite the Learnings

When: March 29, 2019, 8:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Where: Albert Sherman Center, ASC Auditorium, AS2.2102; UMASS Medical Center, Worcester, MA
What: The Board of Registration in Medicine’s Quality & Patient Safety Division Spring Program is complimentary and includes presentations about treating sepsis, systems improvement in obstetrics, psychiatric patients in emergency medicine and more. Physicians can earn 4 hours Category 1 CME; Nurses, 4 hours CEU (pending approval).
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Patient Safety Beat is published monthly by the Betsy Lehman Center, a state agency that uses communications, research, and data to catalyze the efforts of providers, policymakers, and consumers working toward safer health care in Massachusetts.