Shocking Truth About Hospital Safety

Historic New Hospital Announcement Sparks Debate Over the Nation’s Need for Health Care Workers while Celebrating Record Philanthropic Donation. A recent study called Patient Safety in American Hospitals found that each year more than 250,000 people die or are injured while in hospitals because of unsafe conditions in hospitals. These shocking findings will be discussed as part of National Patient Safety Week by one of the nation’s leading experts on healthcare safety design. During the week of March 5-11, 2007, communities across the country are hosting a variety of events and sponsoring initiatives as part of Patient Safety Awareness Week, sponsored by the National Patient Safety Foundation (NPSF).Each year NPSF sponsors Patient Safety Awareness Week to encourage hospitals to actively engage their communities in patient safety activities and in all aspects of their healthcare. John Reiling, PhD, is a nationally renowned expert who is currently overseeing construction of the first new academic medical center in the U.S. in more than a decade. That hospital is being built with a $75 million dollar philanthropic donation, the largest in history. Reiling will discuss some of the state-of-the-art innovations planned for that new hospital and how hospitals around the nation need to change to promote safety and confidence for patients. Donation to fund new medical center at FAU The Associated Press – Boca Raton Community Hospital said Tuesday it received a $75 million donation from a charity to build a new academic medical center on the campus of Florida Atlantic University. The new hospital will give medical students at the Boca Raton campus the opportunity to complete a full four-year program to receive a doctor of medicine degree from the University of Miami’s medical school without having to leave the area. Currently, students can only complete their first two years of training at the campus before transferring elsewhere. The new facility is expected to be completed in 2011. The donation was provided by the Schmidt Family Foundation, a Boca Raton-based charitable organization founded in 1982 and ”dedicated to helping people help themselves,” according to the foundation’s Web site. ”This generous gift from the Schmidt Family Foundation is invaluable in helping us break ground on one of the most advanced academic medical facilities in the country, providing the aging population with the biomedical breakthroughs and clinical expertise they need,” said Gary Strack, president and CEO of Boca Raton Community Hospital. Foundation donates $75 million to Boca Raton Community Hospital By Patty Pensa sun-sentinel.com Posted January 30 2007, 12:20 PM EST The Boca Raton Community Hospital announced on Tuesday it is receiving a $75 million donation from the Schmidt Family Foundation. Hospital officials said it is the largest donation ever given to a community hospital The money will be used to help build a new hospital on Florida Atlantic University’s campus in Boca Raton. The new hospital is scheduled to open in 2011 and will be named The Charles E. Schmidt Medical Center.