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539 Forum Building
Harrisburg, PA 17120

Phone: 717-346-0469
Fax: 717-346-1090

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Leveraging Healthcare Policy Changes to Decrease Hospital 30-Day Readmission Rates

Experts estimate that as many as 20% of hospitalizations are rehospitalizations within 30 days of discharge. Two major processes, if improved, can help decrease 30-day readmission rates: communication and transitional care.

Medication Errors with the Dosing of Insulin: Problems across the Continuum

In reported events involving the use of insulin products, 52% of the events led to situations in which a patient may have or actually received the wrong dose or no dose of insulin.

Editorial: the Pennsylvania Patient Safety Advisory at Seven

The Advisory begins its seventh year of conveying educational information from the Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority’s patient safety reporting system to healthcare providers.

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Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority Helps Raise Patient Safety Awareness

Patient Safety Authority Analysis Reveals High Number of Dosing Errors with Insulin Products

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