Chicago, IL (PRWEB) January 13, 2009 -- Clarity Group, Inc., a leading provider of healthcare risk, quality and patient safety software and consulting services announced today the introduction of new Specialty-Specific Healthcare Safety Assessments. These consultative assessments provide an in-depth review of specialty patient care areas within the healthcare organization to assist providers in their quality, safety and performance improvement efforts.

Specialty-Specific Healthcare Safety Assessments enable healthcare providers to evaluate their compliance with emerging standards of practice, national patient safety goals and accreditation standards. "The Assessments are designed in collaboration with each healthcare client to ensure that the organization's goals are being met, and provide succinct, prioritized and actionable information to help promote healthcare safety across the organization," stated Ellen Flynn, RN, MBA, JD, Vice President of Risk-Quality-Safety Consulting Services for Clarity Group.

Examples of the types of Healthcare Safety Assessments available include:

Surgical Services Safety Assessment

Laboratory Medicine/Pathology Safety Assessment

Anesthesia Services Safety Assessment

Physician Office Practice Safety Assessment

Kris Staertow, Senior Director, Corporate Risk Manager of Unity Health System, Rochester, NY recently completed the Surgical Services Safety Assessment and had the following comments about the process:

"The proactive safety/risk assessment was extremely beneficial to our organization because it was an evidence based systemic review of key processes. It was really great that Clarity Group Inc. did not just give us a list of recommendations, but provided us with a prioritized improvement plan."

To learn more about Clarity Group's Specialty Specific Healthcare Safety Assessments and to obtain a free copy of the Surgical Services Healthcare Safety Assessment Chart Review Template contact Ellen Flynn via the Clarity Website at www.claritygrp.com or at 773-864-8280.

About Clarity Group

Clarity Group, Inc. is a Chicago-based specialist in innovative integrated risk/quality/safety/service systems and consulting products that enable healthcare organizations to execute on their vision for excellence. Core Clarity products include captive insurance company development and operations, risk-quality-safety consulting services and the web-based Healthcare SafetyZone® Portal that engages all staff in collaborative, data driven change to transform the organization into a Healthcare Safety Zone for patients, visitors and staff. Clarity PSO, a Division of Clarity Group, Inc., is a Patient Safety Organization listed by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality under the Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Act of 2005.

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