Patient safety is one of the greatest imperatives in healthcare today; however, there are many obstacles that must be overcome to make the healthcare system truly safe. This article describes one ...

University of Maryland Charles Regional Medical Center in La Plata has been selected as a 2026 Circle of Honor Award winner ...

Hospitals and health systems across the country are using artificial intelligence to enhance patient safety by improving care efficiency, supporting clinician decision-making and bettering patient ...

Health professionals in Hartford, Conn., have created a program for improving patient safety in nursing homes through reduction of human error, according to a report from The Courant. The program is ...

An obstetrics patient safety program can improve safety climate and staff perceptions of safety, according to an article published in American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology. Researchers ...

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 ...

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 ...

A patient safety initiative in Ohio that has produced significant reductions in infections and costs has received the recognition of U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, ...

Aurora Dialysis, located in Grand Forks, ND was recently awarded the 5-Diamond Patient Safety Program award and will receive special recognition at Network 11's Annual Meeting, October 2012, in ...

Patients’ misperceptions of statins and physicians’ limited knowledge of a hypercholesterolemia safety-net program warrant additional interventions to reduce barriers and improve care. Objectives: To ...

A key premise behind the development of the Pediatric Safety Program was that front-line staff and clinical leaders could indeed enhance patient safety. They would need both the knowledge and the ...