The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality has published a patient fact sheet called “20 Tips to Help Prevent Medical Errors.” This fact sheet is not only valuable for patients but providers can ...

AdventHealth takes a multifaceted approach to patient safety, including a focus on patient safety culture, operationalizing patient safety at the bedside, and patient safety training for CMOs and ...

The Partnership for Health IT Patient Safety released a series of evidence-based recommendations designed to improve health IT safety, titled “Safe Practice Recommendations for Copy and Paste,” at ...

The National Patient Safety Foundation offers a free, downloadable post-discharge tool designed to help patients prevent a readmission. The tool includes a list of tips, including strategies to ...

The recently proposed Health Data, Technology, and Interoperability rule proposes the elimination of core patient-safety ...

GE Healthcare Performance Solutions launched a 90-day evaluation for its Global Patient Safety Network, an online community for hospitals to collaborate with peers around the world with the goal of ...

Clinicians’ increased burdens are making it harder for valid concerns voiced by patients, their families and their caretakers to be acknowledged, raising the risk of missed diagnoses and exacerbated ...

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 ...

In the UAB Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, quality and safety are at the core of everything we do. Our mission is to provide the highest standard of care to women through continuous quality ...

Last year, I faced a harrowing experience that would change my perspective on healthcare forever. What began as an emergency surgery to combat a flesh-eating bacteria quickly turned into a nightmare.

When we think about hospital hygiene, the first images that come to mind are sterile operating rooms, doctors wearing gloves, ...

Experts suggest relying on lesser-known hospital ratings that prioritize quality, safety, and accountability over popularity. Alternative rating systems include the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ...