I-PASS In The News
June 11, 2019: What’s the Anatomy of a Good Doctor? And what you can do to be a better one yourself MedPage Today
Discusses the importance of effective communication between providers.
June 6, 2019: 20 years of patient safety Association of American Medical Colleges
Highlights I-PASS as a milestone in the patient safety movement.
Children’s Hospital Association recognizes need for change in team communication
Feb. 15 2018: The Children's Hospital Association recently released "8 Ideas to Drive Future Results at your Children's Hospital." Read more about the CHA recommendation to use I-PASS in team communication every day here!
I-PASS Institute and CRICO Strategies Announce Partnership to Combat Medical Errors
Feb. 12, 2018: The I-PASS Institute and CRICO Strategies announce a new partnership this week aimed at reducing medical errors and malpractice risk. Read more about this exciting new venture in the full press release, [...]
CRICO Podcast: How communication errors lead to preventable deaths
Dec 2017: Listen to a new CRICO podcast here, and hear a firsthand account of how improved communication is necessary for the safety of patients.
I-PASS Patient Safety Program To Be Implemented At The NIH Clinical Center
Nov. 2017: The I-PASS Institute was recently awarded a contract bid with the National Institutes of Health Clinical Center to implement the I-PASS handoff program across the institution. Read more about this project here!
Improved Patient Handoffs Require Comprehensive Approach
Oct. 2017: "The best strategies for improving patient handoffs take a more comprehensive approach instead of focusing exclusively on that moment when a patient’s care is transferred from one caregiver to another, says Christopher Landrigan, MD, [...]
Joint Commission Releases Sentinel Event Alert Related to Handoff Communication
September: In the latest sentinel event alert issued by the Joint Commission, inadequate handoff communication is identified as an area hospitals can improve in order to reduce sentinel events. Check out the full alert from the [...]
Other Articles
Dec 05, 2016: I-PASS™ Patient Safety Institute, Inc. Announces Preferred Share Offering BusinessWire
May 26, 2016: Who Believes That Medical Error Is the Third Leading Cause of Hospital Deaths? British Medical Journal
May 19, 2016: How to Make Hospitals Less Deadly The Wall Street Journal
February 1, 2016: Communication failures linked to 1,744 deaths in five years, US Malpractice study finds The Boston Globe