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News Releases
6.15.11 Dr. Robert Wachter, professor and associate chair of the Department of Medicine at the University of California, San Francisco, presented the OPSI Best Practice Award to Heidi DelVecchio, RN, BSN, senior Quality improvement nurse, Quality Institute, University Hospitals Case Medical Center, during the Quality Luncheon as part of the Ohio Hospital Association’s Annual Meeting at the Hilton Columbus at Easton.
3.11.11 University Hospitals Case Medical Center Honored for Best Patient Safety Practice A multidisciplinary team
from the Department of Medicine and the Quality Center developed the
Resident EQUIPS (Externship in QUality in Patient Safety) program to equip
medical residents with improved experience and skills in quality and safety
initiatives. 6.2.10 Ohio Hospitals Cut Infections in Half By working together,
53 Ohio hospitals have drastically reduced central line-associated
bloodstream infections (CLABSI) in intensive care units by 48 percent in
just six months, saving lives and health care costs. 3.12.10 Aultman Hospital Awarded for Patient Safety The Ohio Patient Safety Institute (OPSI) today announced Aultman Hospital in Canton as the recipient of its second annual Best Practice Award, which honors a health care organization for implementing the most innovative, evidence-based patient safety practice in the state.
2.4.09
OPSI Role Expanded with Federal
Designation Ohio’s established statewide patient safety entity has new authority to collect and share data about medical errors and improve patient safety.
5.16.08 The Ohio Patient Safety Institute (OPSI) and VHA, Inc. yesterday kicked off a collaborative project with 46 hospitals and health systems across Ohio to reduce life-threatening complications associated with anticoagulants – blood thinners – which many patients take to prevent blood clots following a stroke, heart attack or vascular surgery.
8.31.07 An established resource for patient safety in Ohio just got an extreme makeover.
8.9.07 OPSI is working with health care providers across the state to help them implement the new statewide standard beginning September 1, 2007.
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