Whats New Search and Site Map Medicare Enrollee News Prevention Protection Patient Safety  • Drug Safety  • Pressure Ulcers  • Patient Safety Surveys  • MRSA  • Physical Restraints  • SCIP and HF   BACK About Us Contact Us H1N1_Influenza		Patient Safety The requirements of the Patient Safety Theme are designed to address areas of patient harm for which there is evidence of how to improve safety by improving health care processes and systems. For each topic within this Theme the goal will be to have providers working with the QIO to reach performance benchmarks on specific clinical measures. QIO activities under the Patient Safety Theme will focus on six components: improving inpatient surgical safety and heart failure (SCIP/HF), reducing rates of pressure ulcers (PrU-Nursing Homes), reducing rates of and use of physical restraints (PR) in nursing homes, improving drug safety, reducing rates of healthcare associated Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infections in the acute care setting and activities aimed at nursing homes in need (NHIN). Photo: blank_line [ VIEW IMAGE ] Privacy Policy. and Disclaimer Click here for a Image Enhanced Version of the site © 2010 South Dakota Foundation for Medical Care, All Rights Reserved