Cardinal Health Offers Safety Grants

Cardinal Health Foundation has begun accepting applications for its annual E3 Grant Program, which in 2011 again will award more than $1 million to fund programs, which may center on use of information technology, that improve medication or operating room safety.


Cardinal Health Foundation has begun accepting applications for its annual E3 Grant Program, which in 2011 again will award more than $1 million to fund programs, which may center on use of information technology, that improve medication or operating room safety.

Since 2008, the foundation of medical/pharmaceutical supplier Cardinal Health Inc. has funded 108 projects. In 2010, for instance it awarded more than $1 million, ranging from $7,500 to $37,500, for 40 programs.

Twenty-eight of the programs funded in 2010 supported medication management safety initiatives. These included implementing computerized provider order entry and bar code-enabled medication administration systems, improving medication reconciliation processes at discharge, providing pharmacists with patient diagnosis on electronic prescription orders, and designating a dedicated pharmacist to improve medication safety.

Grantees in 2011 also will receive hands-on assistance from the Institute for Healthcare Improvement and the Association of peri-Operative Registered Nurses. For more information and to apply by Dec. 3 for a grant, click here.

--Joseph Goedert

 

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