The Joint Commission has announced its 2010 National Patient Safety Goals for its Ambulatory Care Accreditation Program. Although no new goals have been developed for 2010, accredited organizations ...

Morgan C. Shields ([email protected]) is a PhD student and NIAAA fellow at the Institute for Behavioral Health, Heller School for Social Policy and Management, Brandeis University, in Waltham, ...

The National Steering Committee for Patient Safety met for the first time in May 2018. Convened by the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI), it aims to “develop a national blueprint to reduce ...

Health systems are navigating a rapidly evolving healthcare environment where patient safety is shaped by both longstanding challenges and emerging risks. From the accelerated adoption of artificial ...

Misidentifying patients can have tragic consequences. Numerous catastrophic cases and near misses have been collected by Patient ID Now, a coalition of health care organizations we are affiliated with ...

Hospital care helps patients recover from serious illness and injury but, all too often, patients can also be harmed by it. In 2010, our office, the Office of Inspector General for the U.S. Department ...

Maria Hicinbothem enhances patient safety in dermatology by improving infection prevention and pre-surgery processes, earning recognition for her patient advocacy and education efforts. Wandaris Ortiz ...

Reports of serious patient safety events among healthcare facilities in 2022 rose 19% from 2021 with falls, the most common such event, rising nearly 27%, according to data reported to The Joint ...

'You basically cannot have patient safety without health equity,' says Yale New Haven Health executive. Yale New Haven Health is striving to address the health equity elements of patient safety.

Jeff Surges is a board member and former CEO of RLDatix, a leading global provider of connected healthcare operations software and services. Unsafe care is a global public health issue. According to ...