A Diagnostics & Imaging Week

The Cardinal Health Foundation (Dublin, Ohio) said it has awarded a total of $1 million in grant funding for new programs to improve patient safety at 35 hospitals, health systems and community health clinics across the country.

Grants of up to $35,000 per facility will provide funding for programs that implement creative and replicable methods to improve the quality of patient care. Examples of initiatives that received funding include: targeted screening for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, strategies to improve physician hand hygiene, electronic medical record implementation and medication safety and reconciliation projects.