In early 2021, researchers at Johns Hopkins Medicine and NORC at the University of Chicago showed that the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, or AHRQ, Safety Program for Improving Antibiotic ...

In the aftermath of the transplant mismatch an exhaustive review of patient safety literature was completed; a re-evaluation of the organization's compliance with the IOM recommendations was carried ...

Patient safety sets the foundation for a safe, equitable, trustworthy care experience – regardless of whether you’re operating in a virtual health system, or a physical one. And yet, despite increased ...

BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- I-PASS, the gold standard for reducing preventable medical errors through improved clinical handoffs, today announced an industry leading partnership with the Kentucky ...

This is why many acute care hospitals use patient sitters, who provide one-on-one care for agitated and disoriented patients. In September 2022, UAB Medicine began a Virtual Sitter Program to provide ...

The 30th Medical Group recently highlighted the importance of patient care by participating in the National Patient Safety Week campaign, here, Mar. 13th through 19th at Vandenberg Air Force Base. The ...

New program combines NAHQ’s healthcare quality competency leadership with Joint Commission’s regulatory and accreditation expertise to deliver practical, real-world accreditation skillsCHICAGO, Jan.

By Patrick Wingrove Jan 15 (Reuters) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has delayed reviews of two drugs chosen for the ...

Detroit-based Henry Ford Health System launched its “No Harm Campaign” in 2008, a system-wide approach to patient safety that has a goal of reducing adverse events by 50 percent by 2013. HFHS is ...

The Pediatric Safety Program has been active for 2 years. Since its inception several changes have been implemented to make the program more robust and clinically effective. The first change was to ...

In the 1970s, after investigators reported that more than 70 percent of air crashes involved human error, the aviation community worked with psychologists to develop a training protocol to improve ...