What's New...

• IPT/IRMS  ED Risk Management Meeting
  June 13, 2013 - Magnuson Grand Hotel, Carlinville 
  or
  June 19, 2013 - IHA, Naperville
  Register Here

• The Aging Workforce: Challenges for the Healthcare Industry Workforce

  The Department of Labor's Office of Disability Employment has released a brief that addresses the aging American workforce, provides examples of current initiatives healthcare employers are using, and discusses strategies and promising practices for employers and policymakers.
• FAQ: Can we rely on a form pre-signed by a parent/guardian authorizing another person to consent to medical treatment for their child in the parent/guardian's absence?
• 2013 Workers' Compensation Symposium
•  ICT Trust Newsletter - March 2013
• ICT Announces Substantial Member Dividends for 2012
  This year's member dividends represent 10.7% of their total contributions.  Since 1982, the program has returned more than $65 million to participating hospitals.
• IPT Announces $5.6 Million Member Dividend for 2012 
  This year's dividend represents a return of approximately 48% of the average member's 2012 primary contribution.  IPT is a leading provider of medical professional and general liability coverage, serving 30 hospitals in Illinois.  More than $66 million in dividends have been issued to IPT members since 1979.  
•   MAIC Risk Matters - Winter 2013    
• Illinois Provider Trust Hospitals Save $800,000+
  Several years ago Illinois Provider Trust (IPT) adopted a new program to respond to an increase in claims severity and frequency.  The Risk Exposure Adjustment Program (REAP) provides IPT hospitals with risk criteria based on best practices.  Compliance results in a reduced annual contribution to the Trust.
• IPT/IRMS Risk Management Meeting Presentations   
• Conference: Safe Lifting and Moving in Health Care: Partners in Injury Prevention; held on November 15, 2012, provided strategies and resources to design and sustain safe lifting and moving programs in acute care, long term care, community, and home care settings.  For more information, please view http://www.uic.edu/sph/erc/safelifting%202012.html. 
• Safe Bariatric Patient Handling Tool  
  Developed by the VISN 8 Patient Safety Center of Inquiry and the Veterans Health Administration this publication was updated January 7, 2013 and includes additional resources.
• Improving Patient and Worker Safety - Opportunities for Synergy, Collaboration and Innovation  
  On November 19th The Joint Commission published this monograph which is intended to stimulate awareness of potential pathways between patient and worker safety activities.  Using actual case studies, it describes a range of topic areas and settings in which opportunities exist to bridge safety related concepts within the disciples of patient safety/quality improvement and occupational health and safety. Included are case studies describing how High Reliability Organizations (HROs) incorporated patient and employee slip, trip and fall prevention (section 3-2), and workplace violence (sections 3-4 and 3-6) to achieve a culture of safety.
• FDA, NIOSH & OSHA Joint Safety Communication: Blunt-Tip Surgical Suture Needles Reduce Needlestick Injuries and the Risk of Subsequent Bloodborne Pathogen Transmission to Surgical Personnel