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“Disclaimer”

The PCA Newsletter, FIRST Do No Harm, is a vehicle for sharing quality and patient safety initiatives of Massachusetts healthcare facilities and the work of the PCA Division and Committee. Publication of this Newsletter does not constitute an endorsement by the Board of any studies or practices described in the Newsletters and none should be inferred.

August 2009
In this issue:

NSAIDs and Heart Failure Partners Manages Heart Failure PCA Eases Reporting Burdens BWH's Psych Nursing Services Pressure Ulcer Prevention at Faulkner Protecting Tracheostomies Managing Psychogenic Polydipsia

December 2008
In this issue:

PCA Defines Mission Southcoast Reduces Insulin Errors PCA Reviews Perinatal SQRs Nursing Excellence SQRs: "Found Unresponsive" SQRs: What Have We Seen? New PCAC Members

June 2008
In this issue:

Dr. Herman's "Diagnosis" Nancy Achin Audesse Retires BIDMC's OB Quality Measures Cape Cod Healthcare Saves Lives PCA What We've Seen/SQR Corner Hyperphosphatemia Alert Shriner's Reporting Culture

March 2008
In this issue:

Children's Hospital "Speak Up" BMC Serves Multilingual Population "Surviving Sepsis" at Fairview Hospital MA Pharmacy Board names new Chair 2007 PCA Division Highlights

October 2007
In this issue:

Fairlawn's Wound Care Strategies NSMC PCA Process Methotrexate Warning Suicide Risk Assessment, Part II Record Attendance for PCA Conference AANA Honors Janet Dewan SQRs-What Have We Seen

June 2007
In this issue:

Notice of new PCA Advisories New SQR Reporting Form Suicide Risk Assessment Peer Review Conference Contrast Agents for MRIs PCA Profile: Dinesh Patel

March 2007
In this issue:

Fond Farewell PCA is a Mystery PCA Philosophy The MITSS Program Performance

December 2006
In this issue:

New Year's Resolutions Chairman's Corner PCA Update - Laparoscopic Injuries New Health Care Facility Review Form Patient Medication Lists Conflict of Interest Policy Practice of Medicine Excellence in Patient Safety

September 2006
In this issue:

Leading the Way Patient Safety Action Team Regulatory Update Guest Article FDA Updates

June 2006
In this issue:

Advocating for Patients The Regulatory Process Conscious Sedation Change in Command Hydromorphone Advisory

March 2006
In this issue:

New Season for PCA What We Do Performance Data One Hospital Type 3 Reports

December 2005
In this issue:

The Journey Continues PCA Goes To School Meet the PCA Staff Benchmarks Weight Loss Highlights

September 2005
In this issue:

A New Beginning Tumbles and Falls Meet the PCA Committee Bariactric Benchmarks To Report or Not Report