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Quality and Patient Safety
Standardized Color-Coded Patient Wristbands
Last Updated: 6/10/2008
The following resources from HAP and the Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority are available to help hospitals and health systems in voluntarily adopting standardized color-coded patient wristbands.
Improving Patient Care: Pennsylvania Hospitals’ Use of Information Technology
Last Updated: 8/21/2007
This report is based upon the results of a national survey conducted by the American Hospital Association during the fall of 2006, to gauge the extent of health IT use by hospitals, and to identify barriers to adoption. The results represent the most comprehensive picture of hospital IT currently available. A key finding is that Pennsylvania hospitals are deploying more health IT functions at a moderate or high level than hospitals nationwide, but clearly more must be done.
Creating a Culture of Safety: Preliminary Guide to the Patient Safety Provisions of Act 13 of 2002
Last Updated: 5/14/2002
The Medical Care Availability and Reduction of Error Act (Act 13) was signed into law on March 20, 2002. This preliminary guidebook is designed to assist HAP member hospitals and health systems, as well as medical staff, to effectively implement and comply with the patient safety provisions of Act 13.
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