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March 1, 2003 | Program Result Report
The Leapfrog Group developed standards for evaluating hospitals' use of computerized physician order entry systems, and devised and tested techniques to raise awareness about the importance of considering the presence of systems.
September 1, 2002 | Program Result Report
Researchers from Duke University Medical Center evaluated the Florida and Virginia administrative no-fault medical malpractice compensation programs for birth-related neurological injuries.
July 31, 2008 | Program Result Report
Grantmakers In Health convened three meetings for grantmakers, researchers and other experts, to explore patient safety and potential roles for funders in reducing medical errors and enhancing patient safety.
July 15, 2008 | Program Result Report
Eve Shapiro of Eve Shapiro Medical Writing prepared a report describing the experiences of seven "leading edge" medical organizations that have instituted policies and processes for disclosing medical errors.
January 30, 2013
The Pioneer Portfolio invests in innovation at many different stages. Learn about the projects we fund.
June 1, 2012 | Journal Article
Nurses play a critical role in identifying and intercepting medication errors regardless where the error originates—at the prescribing, transcribing, dispensing or administration stages.
April 6, 2010 | Story
INQRI is hosting a series of hour-long online seminars about how to speed up adoption of health care innovations and reduce medication errors.
February 20, 2009 | Journal Article
This article examined medication errors among cancer outpatients at several oncology clinics. Adults and children with cancer receive complex medication regimes and the frequency of medication errors in this health care setting is not well known.
February 25, 2010 | Story
New studies examine the frequency of errors by nursing students about to graduate, capture a stimulus-driven upswing in information technology budgets in hospitals and note the challenges of implementing those technologies.
February 1, 2011 | Issue Brief
In this new policy brief, Extending the Cure (ETC) summarizes the latest research about the effectiveness of interventions aimed at reducing doctor's over-prescribing of antibiotics.