ASCLS Patient Safety & Healthcare Quality Community – Be in the KNOW… JOIN this NEW COMMUNITY today!What is this new community all about?• This is a new ASCLS Community designed for individuals interested in improving patient health outcomes through interprofessional continuous improvement in laboratory and healthcare systems
• One component of this exciting new community: The ASCLS PSC is actively monitoring many healthcare and laboratory websites and organizations to bring you up-to-date patient safety and/or healthcare quality references and resources. Information shared by the PSC will be via blog entries. Titles of these blogs will begin with – Advocate Excellence. Blog articles will be brief, document the website or organization that the information was published by, and provide a quick access link to obtain the information
• All Community members are encouraged to share references, resources, tips and tools related to Patient Safety and Healthcare Quality
How do you join this new community?• From ASCLS Home Page go to the ASCLS Member Portal --> login as Member
• -OR- for direct access go to: connect.ascls.org --> login as Member
• Select 'Communities' (upper bar menu) --> select 'All Communities'
• Locate 'Patient Safety and Healthcare Quality' --> click 'Join'
Recent Published Blog Topics & Links:Advocate Excellence - Maternal Infectious Disease Requirements for Hospitals -- (read blog)Advocate Excellence – Quality Improvement and Patient Safety -- (read blog)Advocate Excellence – A Framework for Safe, Reliable, and Effective Care -- (read blog)Advocate Excellence – Patients Need Help to Better Understand Test Results Available from Online Portals -- (read blog)Advocate Excellence – Health Equity – (read blog)Advocate Excellence – January is Thyroid Awareness Month – (read blog)Advocate Excellence – FDA Gathers Input on Feasibility of Home PAP Testing – (read blog)------------------------------
Lezlee Koch
ASCL Patient Safety Committee
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