Project Patient Care Announces Listening Tour in Chicago Neighborhoods

October 7, 2010 - 9:00am

CHICAGO, IL, October 13, 2010 – Nationwide, medical errors have cost our healthcare system $1.5 billon annually. Chicago is not immune to this problem. In fact patient safety and quality of care is among the most pressing public health issues in Chicago. In an effort to heighten awareness and begin a dialog among Chicagoans to address the issue, Project Patient Care will embark on a listening tour of Chicago.

University of Illinois at Chicago College of Pharmacy CERTs Center to Present “Linking Lab to Pharmacy” Patient Safety Webinars.

October 14, 2010 - 1:45pm

CHICAGO, IL, October 13, 2010 – The AHRQ Center for Education and Research on Therapeutics (CERTs) at University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) College of Pharmacy will offer a free webinar series, beginning November 4, 2010, presenting concepts and new tools that can help hospitals reduce patient safety events by improving linkages between lab and pharmacy data.

Study: Breast cancer standards not met in Chicago area

October 22, 2010 - 12:19pm

From The Chicago Tribune: October 20, 2010 11:00 PM |
Many Chicago-area hospitals that screen for and treat breast cancer cannot prove they are meeting several widely accepted quality standards, according to a first-of-its-kind study set to be released Thursday.
The Breast Cancer Quality Consortium, a collaborative of area health care providers, carried out the research as a step toward understanding and correcting an alarming racial disparity in breast cancer mortality rates. Research has shown that African-American women in with the disease are much more likely to die of it than their white counterparts, a gap some experts believe is due primarily to poorer-quality screening and treatment http://www.chicagotribune.com/health/ct-met-mammogram-tips-20101020,0,42...

New Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute invites Public Comment at February 27, 2012 Forum

February 21, 2012 - 1:21pm

On February 27, 2012 the new Patient Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) will hold a forum to increase awareness of its work and obtain public input and feedback about its priorities, standards, peer review processes and communication strategies. Input from patients, health care providers and other stakeholders is invited by webinar and or telephone. You can register to attend and provide public comment here.