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New! 6/23/09 Read about LifeWings' work with Rush University in their 2008 Annual Report. We are currently working with their Women's Health Services Department with plans to start in other areas including: intensive care units, operating rooms and the Emergency Department — "all places where
clearer caregiver communication translates
to quicker, safer, more accurate responses for
patients in distress."

 

New! 5/21/09 LifeWings Success Story: Read about our client's remarkable success reducing IHI Perinatal Triggers and increasing the days between serious events.

 

New! 5/18/09 Read the position paper on PSOs from a panel including LifeWings Vice-President Steve Montague The Community Medical Foundation for Patient Safety: Patient Safety Organizations- Transforming Healthcare.

 

4/2/09 Learn how to calculate your financial return on patient safety and ensure organizational success in a rapidly changing world in LifeWings' April 2009 Patient Safety Newsletter. Also see Information about the LifeWings CRM/Patient Safety Users' Group.

 

3/11/09 Read LifeWings' Vice President Steve Montague's response to the 2008 Sentinel Event Statistics released by The Joint Commission Do No Harm: Best Practices of Safety Cultures

 

2/17/09 Read about LifeWings' collaboration with AHRQ PSO Human Performance Technology Group in Pair Plan to Use Predictive Modeling to Predict, Prevent Patient Safety Lapses in Hospitals from Predictive Modeling News.

 

1/26/09 Read about LifeWings' work with The Nebraska Medical Center in Creating and Sustaining a Culture of Safety, by LifeWings President Steve Harden from Patient Safety & Quality Healthcare

 

1/16/09 Read LifeWings' press release regarding the media coverage of the effectiveness of aviation based safety checklists America’s Best Hospitals Way Ahead of World Health Organization on Surgical Checklist Use

 

1/6/09 Read about LifeWings' collaboration with PSO Human Performance Technology Group in Birth of ‘Super PSOs’: Patient safety organizations to improve health care
from the Memphis Business Journal.

 

Article on Patient Safety Goals for Pediatrics

LifeWings President Steve Harden is a nationally recognized authority on improving patient safety and healthcare culture change and crew resource management. Read his new web log for inspiration and current information on patient safety improvement. Read Now!

 

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LifeWings Provides Teamwork Training and Safety Systems Developed by High Reliability Organizations to Create Sustainable and Measurable Cultural Change in Healthcare. The Result? Better Teams. Better Systems. Safer Care. Lower Costs. Guaranteed.

 

LifeWings can help you improve:

 

Patient Safety

Improve patient safety with the LifeWings Patient Safety Improvement Program. This comprehensive program helps your facility adopt and sustain a culture of safety for better patient and financial outcomes. Our program, successful in more than 85 organizations and featured in more than 30 major media outlets, consists of:

 

·         A thorough risk assessment of your facility, staff, and procedures;

·         Leadership and organizational development to ensure your leadership team has the skills to permanently sustain the culture change;

·         Customized, site-specific safety tools to hardwire improved performance;

·         In Situ simulation to provide world class skills training and performance improvement;

·         Comprehensive measurement systems so you can monitor and continually improve results.

 

Training is provided at your facility by experienced patient safety facilitators. Organizations that have used the LifeWings program have consistently experienced improvements in patient safety, employee satisfaction, fewer medical errors, and lower malpractice costs. Learn more

 

Nurse Retention

Better nurse retention is a critical goal for many of our clients. By implementing the LifeWings systems at your facility, you will be able to reduce nurse turnover and improve employee satisfaction. The LifeWings system includes implementing the LifeWings Patient Safety Improvement Program with a special emphasis on physician-nurse communication, teamwork skills training, and safety tools designed with significant input from your nursing staff. Learn more

 

HCAHPS Performance

LifeWings shows you where and how to direct your efforts and resources to ensure your hospital’s good standing in the Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) survey. LifeWings can help improve your HCAHPS performance by:

 

·         Improving communication and teamwork among your physicians, staff, and patients.

·         Reducing undetected and uncorrected medical errors that affect your patients and their perception of your care. 

·         Improving the reliability and efficiency of your patient care processes

·         Dramatically improving physician satisfaction

·         Reducing nurse turnover so your patients benefit from consistent care.

 

Learn more about how we can help your hospital improve your HCAHPS scores.

 

The LifeWings Guarantee

LifeWings systems consistently provide significant improvements for many of the leading healthcare institutions in the nation. The methodology behind our training is based on best practices adapted from the safest industry in the world, aviation and has been so successful that we are able to guarantee that your facility will meet its improvement goals. Learn more.

To learn more about how LifeWings can help your organization improve contact us now.

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