CHICAGO, May 26, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- The Physician-Patient Alliance for Health & Safety (PPAHS) announced today that Pamela Tarapchak has joined the Physician-Patient Alliance Board of Advisors.
Ms. Tarapchak, has been with ADVANCE since 1998. Currently, she serves as editor of ADVANCE for Nurses, which provides concise, practical information on clinical, management, professional and career development issues for nurses practicing in all areas of the profession.
ADVANCE for Nurses is published by Merion Matters, a company with diversified interests that highlight a commitment to serving the informational and career needs of 1.8 million nursing and allied healthcare professionals.
"ADVANCE for Nurses and the Physician-Patient Alliance for Health & Safety embrace similar patient safety issues," says Ms Tarapchak. "Nurses are on healthcare's front lines, charged with bringing care to the patient's bedside. I am honored to be helping PPAHS to bring awareness and solution on such critical patient issues as alarm fatigue and opioid management."
Michael Wong (Founder and Executive Director, PPAHS) emphasized the key role that Ms Tarapchak has played in improving patient safety. "Pamela Tarapchak has been of great assistance in working with our nursing authors on their articles," said Mr. Wong, "and making sure that issues of great importance to nurses are discussed."
About Physician-Patient Alliance for Health & Safety
Physician-Patient Alliance for Health & Safety is non-profit advocacy group whose mission is to promote safer clinical practices and standards for patients through collaboration among healthcare experts, professionals, scientific researchers, and others, in order to improve health care delivery. For more information, please visit www.ppahs.org.
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