How Pittsburgh innovators are improving patient safety: DNA fingerprinting, reimagining wheelchairs, and harnessing operations data
Type: Editorial
Focus Area: Patient Safety
A March 20 Pittsburgh Business Times article, “How Pittsburgh innovators are improving patient safety: DNA fingerprinting, reimagining wheelchairs, and harnessing operations data,” sponsored by JHF spotlights how the region is shaping the future of medicine through technologies rooted in safety innovation.
With insights from Alexander Sundermann, DrPH of University of Pittsburgh School of Public Health; Rory Cooper, PhD, founder of Human Engineering Research Laboratories, a collaboration between University of Pittsburgh and the US Department of Veterans Affairs; and Michael Cohen of TeleTracking Technologies, Inc., the story features three real-world ways that Western Pennsylvania healthcare innovators are working to improve patient safety.