Here are four highlights:
1. The patient safety tools aid providers in preventing four of the most serious patient safety errors:
• Medication errors
• Discharge practices to post-acute home care
• Sepsis
• Transparency of quality data
2. The tools include newsletters, PDFs and a template with tips and concepts that eliminate errors.
3. Providers may access the tools for free, online.
4. “Once their [healthcare leaders] teams see the results of simple tools, consistently followed, there is more buy-in for more complex changes,” said Steve Harden, LifeWings CEO.
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