December 15, 2009
The Doctors Company Foundation announces six additional 2009 grant recipients, including the California Medical Association Foundation, the American Academy of Otolaryngology—Head and Neck Surgery Foundation, the Medical Society of Virginia Foundation, Tulane University School of Medicine, the University of Washington Department of Medicine, and Dr. James P. Bagian for the Vanguard Award for the Advancement of Patient Safety.
December 14, 2009
The Doctors Company Foundation Names James P. Bagian, MD, as Recipient of the Vanguard Award for the Advancement of Patient Safety.
December 8, 2009
A grant was awarded in March to sponsor The Doctors Company Foundation Thomas A. Waltz, MD, Memorial Lecture on "Quality in Health Care" to be delivered at the annual Scripps Health Quality Summit. This year's summit was held on December 4. The sponsored keynote speaker, John Nance, JD, spoke on "Why Hospitals Should Fly," a discussion of strategies for achieving quality and patient safety in the hospital environment.
December 4, 2009
The Doctors Company Foundation Ann S. Lofsky, MD, Research Award was presented by the Anesthesia Patient Safety Foundation to Guy L. Weinberg, MD, for his study entitled, Developing an Educational Tool for Managing Local Anesthetic Systemic Toxicity.
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May 21, 2009 The grant awarded by The Doctors Company Foundation in March supports the Lucian Leape Institute Town Hall Plenary Session at the 2009 National Patient Safety Foundation Congress. View a streaming video of the panel discussion (83 minutes) on the state of patient safety 10 years after the release of To Err Is Human: Building a Safer Health System. |
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April 21, 2009
The Doctors Company launches The Doctors Company Foundation and announces the grant recipients approved to date, including the Lucian Leape Institute of the National Patient Safety Foundation, the California Medical Association Foundation, the Scripps Health Quality Summit, the Anesthesia Patient Safety Foundation, and the Vanguard Award for the Advancement of Patient Safety.
November 17, 2008
The Doctors Company Foundation Names Gerald B. Hickson, MD, as Recipient of the Vanguard Award for the Advancement of Patient Safety.
October 18, 2008
The Doctors Company Foundation Ann S. Lofsky, MD, Research Award was presented by the Anesthesia Patient Safety Foundation to Anahi Perlas, MD, for her research study titled Gastric Ultrasonography: A Non-invasive Tool to Determine Gastric Volume, Development of a Quantitative Model.
