The University of Florida Quality and Patient Safety initiative, or QPSi, has launched new continuing medical education (CME) courses, designed to empower healthcare professionals, educators, and trainees with innovative resources to enhance patient safety and quality of care. Professors of anesthesiology Lauren Berkow, M.D., and Thorsten Haas, M.D., are instructors for two of these courses.…| Department of Anesthesiology » College of Medicine » University o...
The first week in November is Patient Blood Management Awareness Week. Patient blood management (PBM) is focused on techniques that decrease blood loss during procedures and prevent anemia. Thorsten Haas, M.D., professor of anesthesiology and director of PBM, was awarded last year’s W. Martin Smith Interdisciplinary Patient Safety Award to support the implementation of a…| Department of Anesthesiology » College of Medicine » University o...