Sponsored by the National Patient Safety Foundation, the 2005
Patient Safety Awareness Week campaign focuses on effective
communication between patients and healthcare providers. We
serve patients and families by addressing their physical, emotional and
spiritual pain, and we have never accepted payment from any of our patients or
their families.

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About American Hospice
American Hospice is the oldest hospice management company in the U.

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Frontier Hospice Strengthens Ties With American Hospice

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After performing 32 emergency department risk assessments, EMPSF
identified several major factors effecting patient safety, including:
policies and procedures; charting and documentation; patient
satisfaction; group leadership and administration; loss prevention
activities; interdepartmental support and ancillary services;
communication; and facility provisions.
Forty percent of the risk factors found stemmed from policies and
procedures, including admissions; discharges; patient handoffs;
treatment guidelines; new hire orientation; staffing ratios;
credentialing; federal Emergency Medicine Treatment and Active Labor
Act regulations, and more.americanhospice.

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For more information,
visit http://www.

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It also represents
our ongoing efforts to advance the growth and development of the people that
work at Frontier Hospice every day in order to provide the very best
patient/family care .
American Hospice is the owner/operator of Frontier Hospice, located in
Oklahoma City, OK at 3908 North Peniel, Suite 500, (405) 789-2913.ereleases.

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Headquartered in Jacksonville,
Florida, American Hospice operates hospices in: Phoenix, AZ; Oklahoma City,
OK; throughout northern and central New Jersey; and throughout central and
eastern Virginia.com.

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OKLAHOMA CITY, Reflecting its ability to draw on
national resources as a "Center of Excellence" in the American Hospice family,
Frontier Hospice has adopted a new logo.

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In addition to performing risk assessments, EMPSF is developing
patient safety and educational programs for physicians and patients
and is building an emergency medicine resource directory. and
a leading national hospice owner/operator.com

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This logo symbolizes the open-armed
caring and end-of-life support that is our hospice mission.

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----The Emergency
Medicine Patient Safety Foundation (EMPSF), a nonprofit foundation
dedicated to improving patient safety in emergency medicine, promotes
National Patient Safety Awareness Week, March 6-12, with publication
of its preliminary emergency department patient safety risk assessment
findings. As a preferred referral choice to families across the region,
the secret of Frontier Hospice's success is its ability to work with community
hospitals, physicians, nursing homes, group homes and other assisted-living
facilities to become an integral part of their medical practice.

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For more information, please visit http: //www.

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Additionally, charting and documentation
systems accounted for 12 percent of patient safety factors identified
in the EMPSF risk assessments.

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For more information on EMPSF, please visit
www .
As part of its continued commitment to hospice leadership, American
Hospice (AH) has recently consolidated its hospices into one operating group.

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Frontier Hospice is a community standard-bearer for service excellence.

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In today's
overburdened emergency departments, effective communication is a
fundamental factor in patient safety. Frontier Hospice moves confidently into the future with its
exceptionally well-qualified staff of professionals and its army of
volunteers.

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Emergency Medicine Patient Safety Foundation Promotes Patient Safety Awareness with Risk Assessment Findings

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Contact:

Steve Bowman
National Provider Relations + Marketing Director
804-387-5464
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Frontier Hospice has been serving terminally ill patients and their loved
ones since 1999.

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The
Foundation also collects statistical data on patient safety, risk
management, and claims in emergency medicine and is designing research
studies to correlate the impact on medical malpractice claims and
patient satisfaction.