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FOCUS – Our Next Steps

By Dr. Bruce Spiess FOCUS is very excited to announce that all the initial hospital sites have been visited and observed. The human factors research team employs a number of tools (called “LENS’) that...

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A FOCUS Update

By Bruce Spiess, M.D. The FOCUS Initiative is making strong progress through the summer months. At the SCA Annual Meeting in San Antonio, the curtains were pulled back for a slight peek into the...

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FOCUS Sets Priorities

By Bruce Spiess, M.D. and Joyce A. Wahr, M.D. In 2009, the first year of the FOCUS research project, Dr. Peter Pronovost and the Quality and Safety Research Group (QSRG) at Johns Hopkins Hospital...

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ANESTHESIA & ANALGESIA SPOTLIGHTS THE FOCUS INITIATIVE

John Melleky, SCA Foundation Executive Director Anesthesia & Analgesia Spotlights the FOCUS Initiative An introduction and update on the FOCUS initiative appears in two special articles, “Bring...

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Pronovost Interviewed by New York Times

Dr. Peter J. Pronovost, 45, is medical director of the Quality and Safety Research Group at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, which means he leads that institution’s quest for safer ways to care for...

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FOCUS previewed in American Heart Association newsletter

The Vol 8., No. 1 spring 2010 issue of the American Heart Association newsletter, Connections, features an excerpt from the article Spiess, BD, Wahr, JA, Nussmeier, NA. Bring Your Life into FOCUS!...

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FOCUS Presentation at the ASA Meeting

By Bruce Spiess, M.D. The FOCUS Initiative is a part of the program of the ASA Annual Meeting. Join us on Sunday, October 17 at 10:00 am -12:00 noon pacific time at the San Diego Convention Center,...

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FOCUS Update

Bruce D. Spiess, MD Chair, FOCUS Committee The FOCUS team, together with our research collaborators, the Quality and Safety Research Group at Johns Hopkins University, continue to forge ahead. The data...

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AHRQ Funds FOCUS Learning Collaborative

December 7, 2010 – Richmond, VA – The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) awarded a three year research grant of $4 million to the FOCUS initiative to improve teamwork to prevent...

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Reception to Honor FOCUS

On May 1, the SCA Foundation invites you to our annual reception recognizing the work of Bruce Spiess, M.D. and the FOCUS Committee in developing the FOCUS Initiative. As part of the SCA Annual...

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