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Promoting Safer Childbirth - A Sri Lankan Success Story: Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists
Despite recent internal conflict, Sri Lanka has emerged as a success story in promoting safer childbirth. The country"s significant decline in maternal deaths will be presented today at the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RCOG) South Asia Day. The conference gathers together a group of international experts to discuss maternal and child health in South Asia.

Patients And Health Care Providers Seek Improved Quality As Report Shows Extensive Errors
The Washington Post reports on efforts by hospitals to tally their avoidable mistakes and describes "hundreds of incidents of death or serious medical harm disclosed in the past year by hospitals in the Washington region, preventable errors that until recently have not required public reporting. Under laws that took effect last year in Virginia and a few years earlier in the District and Maryland, hospitals must report to health regulators many serious injuries that patients suffer in the course of treatment. The laws are different in each jurisdiction. For example, Virginia"s public records identify the hospitals by name, while Maryland"s and the District"s do not. But they all allow the public to glimpse the breadth of mistakes that health experts dub "never events" (because they should never happen): sponges left inside patients after surgery, operations on the wrong limb, medication errors, falls that lead to needless deaths (as well as other events). At least 20 states require hospitals to report every incidence of hospital-acquired infection. Patients, insurers and regulators are beginning to use this information to prod health-care providers to ensure that such events really never happen."
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Care Regulator Publishes Inspection Report On East-Yorkshire Based Mental Health Hospital
The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has published an inspection report on the Yorkshire-based independent mental health hospital, Linden House in Market Weighton near York.
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Free AMA Webinar To Help Physicians Access Stimulus Funds For HIT

As part of its continuing efforts to help physicians learn about and adopt new technology, the American Medical Association (AMA) announced a new, free webinar series that will help physicians understand the health information technology (HIT) provisions laid out in the recently passed economic stimulus bill. The three-part series will lay out what these provisions mean for physicians and how they can take advantage of the $19 billion in funds allocated for the purchase and use of HIT. The first webinar is Thursday, May 21. "The stimulus bill marks the first significant federal investment in HIT and offers both financial benefits for physicians and the promise of national standards that will increase the interoperability of systems," said AMA Board Chair-Elect Rebecca J. Patchin, M.D. "As new information becomes available, the AMA will tap experts and health care leaders to review key components of the stimulus bill and offer insights on what they mean for physicians." The schedule for the webinar series is below. ÷· Stimulus 101: Basics of the Health Information Technology Provisions May 21, 12:00 PM CT ÷· Stimulus 102: Update on the Health Information Technology Provisions June 9, 2009, 12:00 PM CT ÷· Stimulus 103: Real World Perspectives July 14, 2009, 12:00 PM CT "The AMA is optimistic about the promise HIT holds for increasing patient safety, improving care coordination between multiple physicians and reducing unnecessary paper work," said Dr. Patchin. "We are eager to help physicians determine when the time is right to invest in HIT and how to make implementation as easy as possible." Recently the AMA launched an online electronic prescribing learning center for physicians looking to implement this aspect of HIT into their practice and take advantage of the Medicare incentive program. In the coming year, the AMA will continue unveiling new res and solutions for physicians that will simplify the HIT decision-making and implementation process. These products and services will be aimed at meeting individual needs and helping simplify physicians" day-to-day routines so they can focus on what they do best - caring for patients. To register for the webinars and view the HIT tools and res the AMA currently has available, visit http://www.ama-assn.org/go/hit. American Medical Association


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