JULY 2004
Volume 28 No. 7

N E W Sx I T E M S

Death Certificates must be reviewed, signed promptly

Daylong seminar helps professionals support families facing a death

SHC offers media relations services to physicians

Wachter talk available for viewing on
DVD/VHS

Quality and Patient Safety efforts transcend site visits

PCA order sets streamlined

Contact Compliance if Lumetra or other official agency contacts you

Commencement honorees

Wachter talk available for viewing on DVD/VHS

 

DVD or VHS copies are available for loan to the medical staff of a March 18 grand rounds by Robert M. Wachter, chief of the medical service and director of the 17-person hospitalist program at UCSF.

Wachter, who is often credited with coining the term hospitalists, was also the featured speaker at the May 20 Stanford Hospital and Clinics General Staff Meeting.

Both the Grand Rounds and the staff meeting focused on how Wachter believes improved safety systems can help prevent medical errors.

To borrow a free copy of the March 18 rounds, please contact Julie Rex in the chief of staff's office, Jrex@stanfordmed.org, (650) 725-3038.