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Mills: Patient Safety Centers of Inquiry 
are research-based centers that produce,

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that do research in a particular area of patient safety

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and then not only study that area,

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but also develop tools that can be easily translated to,

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into the field for use by our patient safety managers.

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So for example, we have a Patient 
Safety Centers of Inquiry in Florida

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that does work on reducing falls and safe patient handling.

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They've developed a falls tool 
kit that is in use throughout the VA

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and that helps clinicians at the frontline to prevent falls.

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We have ten Patient Safety 
Centers of Inquiry around the country

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doing everything from falls reduction, suicide prevention,

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risk prevention using the electronic medical record,

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managing alerts that come from test, cancer tests,

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and making sure that those are followed up in a timely manner.

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So it's really interesting to see all 
these centers working to improve safety

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and developing tools to help people.