(Washington, DC) August 1, 2011 — MedStar Health has announced the formation of the “National Center for Human Factors Engineering in Healthcare,” a unique scientific research center that applies safety science methods to healthcare.
The mission of the Center is to improve patient safety in today’s complex world of medicine, identify and test ways to better protect patients from harm, and help create an ultra-safe care environment at MedStar Health and beyond.
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Cleveland Clinic and MedStar Health Form Collaborative Innovation Alliance
Initiative to Enhance Technology Development and Commercialization
Tuesday, Jan. 11, 2011, Cleveland, OH/Columbia, MD: Cleveland Clinic and MedStar Health have agreed to create an Innovation Alliance to benefit patients through collaborative innovation projects, research, clinical investigation, and commercialization application.
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“Advancing Translational Research by Design” – The MedStar Institute for Innovation (MI2) Center for Building Sciences and the Center for Advanced Design and Research (CADRE) are pleased to sponsor “Advancing Translational Research by Design”. This expert panel intends to focus on the design features for clinical facilities (bed towers and outpatient units) that could potentially enhance the translational research process.
The MedStar Institute for Innovation’s (MI2) own Ella Franklin was featured in a Hospital & Health Networks Magazine (H&HN) article that covered MI2′s Bridge to ER One emergency preparedness project. In addition to highlighting ER One’s unique facility design and innovative processes,