PIPSQC is pleased to share the new article in BMC Emergency Medicine, entitled "Why do healthcare professionals fail to escalate as per the early warning system (EWS) protocol? A qualitative evidence synthesis of the barriers and facilitators of escalation." [...]

PIPSQC is pleased to highlight the work of the All Children Thrive Learning Network – as well as the related IHI article, "The Clarity and Power of Using QI Amid a Crisis." 

The All Children Thrive Learning Network is a collaboration launched by CCHMC and more than 30 other organizations to apply the science of quality improvement to some of the toughest, most complex problems affecting community health. To learn more about All Children Thrive, please visit:
https://www.actnowcincy.org/our_outcomes [...]

PIPSQC is pleased to share the new OECD report, "System Governance Towards Improved Patient Safety: Key Functions, Approaches and Pathways to Implementation."

In addition, PIPSQC is pleased to highlight the upcoming webinar on diagnostic safety in pediatrics, "Cognitive Bias Think Tank: A Multidisciplinary Program That Encourages Clinicians at All Levels” - as well as the related article “Addressing Biases Through a Think Tank - Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP)." [...] 

PIPSQC is pleased to share the recent publication in BMJ Open Quality, entitled "Severe illness getting noticed sooner - SIGNS-for-Kids: developing an illness recognition tool to connect home and hospital." [...]

PIPSQC is pleased to share the following two change packages published by the Children's Hospitals' Solutions for Patient Safety (SPS) Network: [...]
 

PIPSQC is pleased to share the new publication in The BMJ, entitled "Patient safety after implementation of a coproduced family centered communication programme: multicenter before and after intervention study." Results from this PCORI-funded study on improving communication between parents of hospitalized children and clinicians provide insights that could significantly reduce medical errors harmful to patients. [...]

PIPSQC is pleased to share the new publication in Patient Experience Journal entitled "Partnering with pediatric patients and families in high reliability to identify and reduce preventable safety events." This article describes how one hospital built a toolkit to engage family members as partners to improve safety. The organization applied high reliability concepts to identify, recognize, and support projects at the hospital to successfully use patients' perspectives to design improvements. [...]
 

PIPSQC is pleased to share that PIPSQC Ambassador Lead and Founder/Director of Justin's HOPE, Dale Micalizzi, is offering 3 more IHI Forum Scholarships in Justin Micalizzi's name this year in partnership with IHI. [...]

PIPSQC is pleased to announce a new article published in Current Treatment Options in Pediatrics - "Partnering with Parents and Families to Provide Safer Care: Seeing and Achieving Safer Care through the Lens of Patients and Families" - co-authored by PIPSQC Ambassador Lead, Dale Ann Micalizzi, and PIPSQC Ambassadors, Thomas Dahlborg and Dr. Hannah Zhu. [...]

PIPSQC is pleased to announce the upcoming CAPHC Webinar, "Reimagining the Roles of Patient Safety, Quality and Patient Experience" is set to take place this Wednesday, September 30th, 2015 (11:00am - 12:30pm EST). [...]