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Twelve patient safety measures related to complications have been endorsed by the National Quality Forum board of directors.

Beverly Robins is the director of accreditation services for Healthcare Facilities Accreditation Program, a position she has held since October 2011. In that role, Ms. Robins establishes and implements HFAP policy and oversees surveyor training and placement.

John Merski Jr., is the director of HR services with MedHQ, a human resources outsourcing firm focused on healthcare facilities. He has experience as a human resources executive and advised senior management on strategic alignment of HR services with business…

Wolters Kluwer Health has announced that its ProVation Care Plans, developed in collaboration with Duke University Health System, is available in the Epic inpatient clinical platform.

The Alliance of Specialty Medicine has written a letter to both Houses of Congress asking for a solution to the Medicare Sustainable Growth Rate as part of the "fiscal cliff" negotiations.

Orthopedic surgeon Casey Beran, MD, has been inducted into the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference Hall of Fame, according to a local KCSR report.

ASCA is accepting nominations for its 2013 Board of Directors, according to an ASCA report.

Surgery centers have reported to ASCA that they have received letters from law firms representing drug manufacturers, warning about the use of compounded drug products over commercially produced drugs, according to an ASCA report.

The American Medical Association's Center for Patient Safety offers a free leadership checklist for participation in a patient safety organization.

For the first time, Illinois hospitals have released data on the rates of Clostridium difficile and methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus from lab results.