The Risk
Management and Patient Safety
Institute
Exclusive Partnership
RM&PSI
Announces
Exclusive Partnership with
Salus Global Corporation to
Launch MOREOB to U.S.
Market
Leading Canadian Obstetric
Patient Safety Program Improves
Patient Safety in Hospitals
LANSING, Mich. Jan. 27, 2009 —
The Risk Management and Patient
Safety Institute (RM&PSI), a
national leader in clinical risk
management practices and patient
safety programs for health care
institutions and providers, today
announced a three-year license
partnership with
Salus Global Corporation to
market Salus’s MOREOB
patient safety and performance
improvement program to U.S.
hospitals and health care systems.
Under the agreement, which was
effective January 1, 2009, RM&PSI
becomes the only group other than
Salus to market the program in the
United States.
London, Ontario-based Salus was
formed in 2007 as the result of the
common interest of the Society of
Obstetricians and Gynecologists of
Canada and the Healthcare Insurance
Reciprocal of Canada to improve
patient safety for obstetrics
patients. Salus is active throughout
Canada with more than 160 hospitals
participating in the MOREOB
program.
MOREOB (Managing
Obstetrical Risk Efficiently) is a
comprehensive, three-year, patient
safety, professional development,
and performance improvement program
for caregivers and administrators in
hospital obstetrics units. The
program’s structure is based on the
proven principles of High
Reliability Organizations
(organization’s defined as having
fewer than normal accidents),
including: safety as the priority,
effective communication, teamwork,
decreased hierarchy in emergencies,
practice for emergencies and
reflective learning. With its
trained program facilitators, the
MOREOB program helps
health care organizations integrate
evidence-based professional practice
standards and guidelines with proven
patient safety concepts, principles
and tools.
Under the terms of the agreement,
RM&PSI will also serve as the
exclusive service provider of the
MOREOB program within the
U.S. health care market. RM&PSI
staff will serve as facilitators and
trainers, leading health care
organizations to understand and
apply the principles of the MOREOB
program.
“After building significant
momentum in the Canadian health care
arena with our MOREOB
program, Salus was looking to expand
into the U.S. market,” said Dr. Ken
Milne, CEO and president of Salus
Global Corporation. “We felt the
best entree was to partner with a
nationally recognized clinical risk
management company. With the RM&PSI,
we have the added benefit of their
highly trained team of risk
management experts and
facilitators.”
Medical error is a leading cause
of death in the United States.
According to the ground-breaking
2000 report, To Err is Human, the
total national costs for preventable
medical error are between $17
billion and $20 billion. For health
care organizations, obstetrics is
one of the highest areas of risk.
The MOREOB program –
delivered to hospitals on-site with
trained facilitators – seeks to help
organizations eliminate the “culture
of blame”, build confidence in
competency, improve patient safety
and quality of care, and decrease
adverse events and clinical error in
the obstetrical unit.
“As a leader in the risk
management and patient safety field,
RM&PSI is always looking for
leading-edge practices for our
health care clients,” said Karol
Wareck, RM&PSI group vice president.
“The MOREOB program is
not only based on the latest
research and techniques, it has a
proven record of driving measureable
outcomes in the form of improved
clinical and patient safety.”
About The RM&PSI
The Risk Management and
Patient Safety Institute (RM&PSI) is
focused on clinical risk reduction,
quality patient outcomes and
education. The RM&PSI is accredited
by the Accreditation Council for
Continuing Medical Education to
provide continuing medical education
for physicians, and is an accredited
provider of nursing continuing
education. For more information,
visit
www.rmpsi.com. For more
information about the company’s
products and services, visit
http://store.rmpsi.com.
About Salus Global
Salus
Global Corporation enables greater
patient safety performance by
healthcare professionals and their
teams. Salus does this by delivering
high-quality programs that identify
and address the needs of those teams
in improving their
inter-professional learning,
communication, teamwork, and
culture. Salus was created through
the combined investiture of The
Society of Obstetricians and
Gynecologists of Canada (SOGC) and
the Healthcare Insurance Reciprocal
of Canada (HIROC) the leading
provider of healthcare liability
insurance in Canada, This joint
effort has provided the resources
necessary to expand the highly
successful MOREOB
(Managing Obstetrical Risk
Efficiently) and Advancing with MOREOB
programs across Canada and in the
United States. It has also enabled a
nurturing environment for the
continued introduction of broader
patient safety programs. For more
information, visit
www.salusgc.com and
www.moreob.com.
About FinCor Holdings
Through its subsidiaries – FinCor
Solutions, The Risk Management and
Patient Safety Institute, MHA
Insurance Company, Washington
Casualty Company and Capital Risk
Solutions – Lansing, Mich.-based
FinCor Holdings Inc. provides
industry-leading insurance products
and support services, including
medical professional liability
insurance, workers’ compensation
insurance and risk management
solutions to clients nationally.
With its years of experience
focusing on financial loss
protection and clinical risk
reduction, FinCor Holdings has built
an outstanding reputation for
serving the needs of the health care
industry. For more information,
visit
www.fincorholdings.com.
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